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IPOs

An initial public offering is the process by which a private company "goes public," offering shares for purchase by the public. IPOs allow businesses to gain capital and to shift ownership.

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Close-Up of Hands of Businesswoman Analyzing Stock Market Charts and Key Performance Indicators
Why Did Berkshire Hathaway Invest in StoneCo Ltd.?
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has made a big bet in a Brazilian payment processing company.
  • IPO vs. Direct Listing: Knowing the Difference
  • Book Building Definition
  • Greenshoe Option Definition and Example
  • Red Herring Definition
  • Roadshow Definition
  • Co-workers having meeting with laptop in conference room
    What are the different types of IPOs for a private company to hold?
  • Reflection of stock market graph in window.
    Direct Public Offering (DPO) Definition
  • business people sitting in a corporate boardroom
    Initial Public Offering (IPO) Definition
  • NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 10: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) before the Opening Bell at the NYSE as the ride-hailing company Uber makes its highly anticipated initial public offering (IPO) on May 10, 2019 in New York City. Uber will start trading on the New York Stock Exchange after raising $8.1 billion in the biggest U.S. IPO in five years.Thousands of Uber and other app based drivers protested around the country on Wednesday to demand better pay and working conditions including sick leave, overtime and a minimum wage.
    How Does an IPO Get Valued?
  • Oversubscribed Definition
  • IPO-Initial Public Offering written on a blackboard.
    Pre-IPO Placement Definition
  • What Is a Back Door Listing?
  • CIA Director David Petraeus rings opening bell at NYSE -- September 18, 2012
    Top 4 Tech Unicorns to IPO in 2019
  • A businessman hand working on smartphone and laptop computer with financial business graph information diagram.
    Top IPOs of 2018
  • Members of the SmileDirectClub team celebrate ringing the bell at Nasdaq on their IPO day.
    What Are the Advantages and Disadvantages of a Company Going Public?
  • How Xiaomi Makes Money: Selling Smartphones and Connected Devices
  • Young Woman Watching Laptop With Hand on Chest
    If You Invested Right After Netflix's IPO (NFLX)
  • How Does Eventbrite Make Money?
  • Pinterest Makes $1B From Ads, Plans IPO for 2019
  • Businessman hand holding red arrow up with the letters IPO on money coin stack arranged as a graph.
    5 Tips for Investing in IPOs
  • Hand of a Stockbroker Buying and Selling Shares Online
    Greenshoe Options: An IPO's Best Friend
  • 10 of the Most Famous Public Companies That Went Private
  • IPO vs. Staying Private: What's the Difference?
  • Grey Market Definition
  • Seal
    How an Initial Public Offering (IPO) Is Priced
  • Walt Disney Chairman And CEO Bob Iger Rings Opening Bell At NY Stock Exchange
    If You Had Invested Right after Disney's IPO
  • Nike
    If You Had Invested Right after Nike's IPO
  • midsection of woman using a smartphone with facebook hearts and likes graphics in the air
    When Did Facebook Go Public?
  • New Issue Definition
  • If You Had Invested Right After Tesla's IPO
  • Will an IPO Increase a Company's Share Price?
  • Underpricing Definition
  • An Etsy marketplace set up in Times Square.
    Etsy: How It's Fared Since Its 2015 IPO
  • Security sign in the hand of the engineer.
    Best Efforts Definition
  • Businessman standing in office reading a document.
    Keeping Control of Your Business After the IPO
  • Going Public Definition
  • Hot IPO
  • Reallowance Definition
  • Freed Up
  • Devolvement
  • Interpreting a Company's IPO Prospectus Report
  • Market Out Clause
  • Dropbox Debuts On Nasdaq Exchange
    How Much Dropbox Is Worth
  • Forced Initial Public Offering
  • IPO (Initial public offering) wording with calculator, ballpoint pen and pair of reading glasses.
    Offering Definition
  • Seldman boardroom
    Flotation
  • Do Underwriters Make Guarantees to Sell an Entire IPO Issue?
  • Businessman working at computer in office.
    Preliminary Prospectus Definition
  • display stock market numbers and graph
    Stabilizing Bid Definition
  • Capital Base
  • What are the Three Phases of a Completed Initial Public Offering (IPO) Transformation Process?
  • Graph charts of stock market investment trading.
    Spinning Definition
  • Johnson & Johnson building in Madrid.
    Freeriding Definition
  • A man holding up a car saying venture capital
    Venture Capital-Backed IPO Definition
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    Laddering Definition
  • Hot Issue
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    Public Offering Price (POP) Definition
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