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What are IPOs and can I invest in them?
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IPOs, or Initial Public Offerings, occur when a private company goes public.
The investment bank hired to take the company public typically sells directly to pensions, investment funds and large investors; rarely, individual investors can participate.
Due to regulatory hurdles, Canadians aren’t, except under very specific conditions, able to participate in American IPOs; they can participate in Canadian IPOs but the barrier is high
Canadian citizens can, however, invest in IPO shares once they’ve gone public and realize profit, often called the “IPO Pop”
Dan Bucherer
Dan is a runner and writer living in the Washington, D.C. area, where he currently works for a financial services trade association as the Communications Director.
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