Anybody been investing in, or watching any IPO's recently? Heard on Bloomberg a few days ago that the IPO's this year have been relatively good quality compared to usual, and the analyst usually said QUALITY IPO's in one year are usually succeeded the following year by a large QUANTITY of IPO's. Will be interesting to see if that's true.
I was holding BlackLine (BL) for a bit, until late Nov. Gave it up for ~25% profit. I do take a look every now and then, though I mostly steer towards software companies. Trivago looks decent, website is pretty easy to navigate. I haven't dug into it to see what it offers. It seems I can go to expedia and get the same results anyway. With expedia backing it though, it's tempting...
Snapchat IPO Is Great for Alphabet Inc A Tailwind for Google Stock: Like all initial public offerings (IPOs), Snap Inc.’s debut on the stock exchange is a mixed bag. It has the potential to break in either direction, which doesn’t mean there aren’t definite upsides. For instance, the Snapchat IPO was basically free advertising for Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG). Or, at least for Alphabet’s cloud computing platform. Read More
I won't be playing it, but I'll bet SNAP will be one of those that will go up quite a bit right when it's released, and then drops back down some time later to it's starting point. Lots of "hype" surrounding it.
