How do I find out companies that are going public (IPO) BEFORE they do? & how can I buy shares on opening day?
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You would have to work for the investment banker backing the IPO
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Think of this as the first step in performing adequate research into  stock. Use yahoo finance, look in the business section of the newspaper, go to the library and get a s and p stock guide. If you can't find it in one of those sources, chances are that it either is not a publicly traded company or it isn't worth your time.
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You can go to the company's home page and find out if they have direct investing options.  You see some companies allow you to buy stock directly through them McDonalds is one such company.  Buying common stock this way allows you to save money on brokerage fees.  Some companies sell for a small fee for 1 or two dollars and others for free. \n\nYou can also talk to a financial advisor.  Your local bank is a good place to start.  You can also find a financial advisor the American Express.  You can also open an account with one of the online trading companies.  However, research these carefully/.  I also suggest setting up a special bank account if you are going to do this.  This will prevent someone from using you online account to completely wipe out your savings.  \n\nOne last thing remember the market is an extremely volatile and you need to research any company prior to investing in it.  And any investment you make may bring larger rewards are extremely large disapointments.\n\nGood Luck!
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You have to satisfy the exchange requirements, or trade it on the bulletin boards. You can refer to www.sec.gov for information on how to list your company.\n\nIt won't happen overnight, but can be beneficial if you are looking for additional financing. The key is to find interested investors.
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If you have stock options, you have the right to purchase stock at a set price. The price you'll pay is set by the Board of Directors (usually). If the company is pre-IPO, the price may be quite low. The hope is that when the company goes public, your stock will be worth more than the option price.\n\nThe vesting schedule sets forth the time and amount of stock you can purchase.
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If it is a publicly traded stock then the company info would be listed at the URL below.  They have a stock symbol "look up" link as well.
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3 ways. 1 you might write to yahoo and buy direct from the company. 2 you could hire a broker to buy your stock.  3 open up an account with e-trade or someone like that.
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There are 2  new IPO filling soon to be prices: \n1) TransDigm Group Inc., (aerospace/ defense industry)\n2) Global Traffic Network, (Media-radio/TV)\n\nFor more IPO lists, click on the link.\n\nhttp://www.ipohome.com/marketwatch/ipopipeline.asp
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All information about public companies is, by definition, public.  If you want to invest in stocks, but know nothing about anything related to them, you will be walking into dangerous territory.  The first thing you have to do is READ, READ and READ some more.  Go to Yahoo money, MSN money or any other free board and start reading on public companies.  Find out what market cap means, find out what drives the prices of big companies' stocks.  Run stock screeners looking for good companies (look for low Betas, for example)  look at their price history (Is the company at the highest/lowest price it has been in a year?)  Then, when you narrow down your choices, made your decision and are ready to buy, pick a good brokerage house (cheap ones: Scottrade, Ameritrade, Sharebuilder)  and buy your stock.\n\nAn alternative is choosing mutual funds, Find one rated high my morningstar and leave all that research in the hands of people who know.
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They're all good to watch. Not many worth buying, unless you like being manipulated.\n\nAnyone with a million dollars or so can pump and dump these stocks and send their prices soaring, so that you get in, then plunging, so that you lose everything very fast. \n\nOr the average guy, you for example, can start a new company building furniture. It's decent stuff and you have it built in the Caymans so your cost is cheap and you make money. Take the company public and issue stock with an IPO. \n\nWhen the stock soars on the IPO, sell your shares and start a subsidiary, and put all your money into that new company making T-shirts. Of course, the furniture company's stock fell considerably, because you took all of the cash out. \n\nWhen you make money on T-shirts, go public, and when the IPO soars, sell your shares, and buy back the furniture stock at depressed levels. Of course, the T-shirt stock goes down the tubes, because you pulled the cash out, but hey, you're making a killing onthe stock.\n\nThis is legal manipulation. You've been warned. Penny stocks are very risky for a reason, or lots of reasons. Buy something with known value, that's been around awhile, and will continue to be around. So what if you can't buy as many shares? You can still double your money, and reduce your risk in half, by investing in the future of a stable company not ran or manipulated by shysters.
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One place is through your broker. But they'll usually only have the IPO's in which they're helping underwrite.\n\nFor example, Fidelity has an alert that you can opt-in to that'll tell you of their IPOs as they come up and you can click on it to learn about the company and how to invest in it if you're interested.  For their IPO's you usually need $100K in a semiactive acct, or just $500K in assets deposited with them.\n\nGood luck!
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You can open a share builder account. I can't tell you which stocks to buy, that would make me your broker.\n\nYou can also learn to trade options, which can also make you alot of money in a short amount of time.
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More detail would have been nice, as there are many ways to answer that question.  Here are a few possible answers:\n\n1.  A public offering (e.g., IPO) or a private offering.\n\n2.  If only considering public companies:  An Initial Public Offering (IPO) or a Seasoned Equity Offering (SEO).  A seasoned offering is one where a company that has already gone public goes back and sells more stock.\n\n3.  If only considering initial  public offerings of stocks, then there are several methods -- including Firm Committment IPOs, where the underwriter assumes the risk of bringing the new securities to market -- guaranteeing a minimum sale and a price -- and Best Efforts IPO where no such guarantee exists.
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Here's a list of companies you can buy stock directly from.\n\nhttps://gateway.equiserve.com/igwweb/content/secure/InvestmentPlans/index_plans_new.asp?PlnPage=PlanSearch&PurchOption=
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Well, for publicly traded companies, just call their investor relations departments and ask for the annual shareholders' report.  They'll be happy to send it to you because they would like you to believe giving them your money is a good idea.\n\nCompanies that aren't publicly traded aren't required to have annual reports or tell anyone anything about their businesses.
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I suggest you visit Yahoo finance and check some of the info from the companies that sell their stock shares.
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Here is a list of companies that have filed to go IPO. You can search for the internet sector.