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Re:Palantir CEO Says Data-Mining Company Is Positioned to Go... by jdavis703 on Thursday October 27, 2016 @09:04AM (#12804752)
That's actually not how underwriting works. If an IPO is a flop right out the gate sometimes the bank can get stuck with the shares.
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Re:Palantir CEO Says Data-Mining Company Is Positioned to Go... by cloudjacker on Thursday October 27, 2016 @09:58AM (#12805123)
That's the risk they take on. I listen to retail investors, they clamor for IPOs no matter what the S-1 says.
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