Lyft’s IPO Was a Success, Just Not for Investors Who Bought on Friday

Re:Lyft’s IPO Was a Success, Just Not for Investors Who Boug... by stevedewald on Monday April 01, 2019 @06:51PM (#19549174)

Yes, and the expected value is positive. Unfortunately for us, the banks that underwrite the IPO choose who to allocate the shares to, and they would prefer to allocate them to clients that have a history of not dumping the stock and/or lending shares out for shorts.

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Re:Lyft’s IPO Was a Success, Just Not for Investors Who Boug... by gruez on Monday April 01, 2019 @07:04PM (#19549275)

You'd think that if the EV was positive, that no one would buy the IPO, and would instead but a few days/weeks later. Why buy before the dip?

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Re:Lyft’s IPO Was a Success, Just Not for Investors Who Boug... by oooshha on Monday April 01, 2019 @10:13PM (#19550437)

The entire value of the offering was traded in the first 30 mins which goes against that narrative a bit..

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