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Re:Anthropic IPO by y-curious on Thursday November 12, 2026 @08:29AM (#50466809)
Just echoing what another comment said: it’s rarely a good idea in the long run to buy an IPO. Not financial advice. It’s one of those things where if you have to ask how to do it, you probably aren’t wealthy enough to be speculating at this level.

Would you buy a gaming console for a high price from a company that’s never shipped a gaming console? Maybe, but you’d wait til it’s been reviewed by someone else on YouTube or something.

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Re:Anthropic IPO by lxgr on Thursday November 12, 2026 @11:10AM (#50469704)
Given that almost all IPOs are priced to be intentionally oversubscribed these days (to achieve an "IPO pop"; beats me why that's good for the company doing the IPO), isn't it a mistake to not participate?
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Re:Anthropic IPO by davedigerati on Thursday November 12, 2026 @11:21AM (#50469885)
you as Retail will not be able to buy pre-market open, at which point it has long since 'popped'.
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Re:Anthropic IPO by lxgr on Thursday November 12, 2026 @11:26AM (#50469951)
Did you mean to say "I as retail"? Because my broker did let me participate in IPOs in the past pre-pop.
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Re:Anthropic IPO by darkwizard42 on Thursday November 12, 2026 @12:13PM (#50470669)
Sure, but not in any meaningful amount. Robinhood giving users 10 shares at pre-pop price isn't exactly a big allocation.
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