An initial public offering (IPO) is the financial mechanism by which a private company offers stock to the general public for the first time and officially becomes a publicly traded company. IPOs are exciting investment opportunities, and are often exclusive events; the majority of the stock usually goes to institutions and well-connected individual investors. Historically, initial public offerings have performed extremely well in the after market (when the new stock trades freely on the stock market for the first time), and therefore are much sought-after investment opportunities. An IPO has the potential to make you a good return in a short period of time. It is standard practice for IPOs to be priced below “fair market value”, so the stock rises in value immediately upon issue, clearing a healthy profit for initial shareholders. To know more about forthcoming IPO’s, Click Here