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Old 07-06-2023, 07:41 AM
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I would never invest in an IPO (initial public offering). Typically, the only investors who make money are those who have insider information, regardless of how successful the product is.
If you had invested $10,000 in the IPO for Apple in 1980 those shares would be worth $6,620,000 (and that number might be old). If you invest in 10 IPOs, lose money in 9 and hit in big on 1 - that investing philosophy might work very well.
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