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Re:Square jumps in market debut by btilly on Thursday November 19, 2015 @12:08PM (#10595927)
It was only a failure for investment bankers who want to collect the profit of a pop on the IPO.
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Re:Square jumps in market debut by tedmiston on Thursday November 19, 2015 @01:16PM (#10596423)
Perhaps a naive question, but how do they benefit from the IPO pop if they are required to hold for a quarter or two?
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Re:Square jumps in market debut by btilly on Thursday November 19, 2015 @01:27PM (#10596514)
They benefit because the price of the stock post-pop is a better predictor of the price a quarter or two later than the price of the IPO.
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