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GOOGLE is going public with IPO
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bran987
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discussion between people who are deciding whether or not to buy google lol
http://cbs.marketwatch.com/discussions/msgIndex.asp?siteId=mktw&boardId=54264
http://cbs.marketwatch.com/discussions/msgIndex.asp?siteId=mktw&boardId=54264
bran987
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you mean if you were "IN"
or if you were trying to buy it on the open market as soon as it goes public?
here's the problem, I don't know if you've ever done this before.. but unless you are pre-sold the shares at a set price, this is what happens:
you warm up your clicky finger muscles by playing a few xbox games, then go to your computer, get yourself a nice big cup of coffee and a comfortable chair, open your online trading program, and get ready for Google to GO IPO!!!
you figure out how many shares you can buy with 10k and get excited because you're going to own 1,000 shares at $10 per share, you can get the shares right when it opens! you even put in the ticker symbol, the number of shares and mark 'market order' so it will immediately execute. you're ready to click & get rich
so GOOGLE GOES IPO! you INSTANTLY click, YES! you and about 500,000 other hopeful day traders all INSTANTLY click, YES! Google opens at $10, a bargain!
and you're staring at the screen... waiting to see the "order status" change from "open" to "executed".. but the price is shooting up even faster than your increasing heartrate and the status of your order hasn't changed.
because you see... when that many people click BUY at once.. it creates an artificial "spike" in the price of the stock.. ZOOOOOOOOOOOOM
WTF?! your hands and pits start sweating and your finger hovers over the mouse button as you frantically decide whether or not to 'cancel' the order, but you can't, you waited too long to get into this, you wanted it too much. you're frozen.
after what seems like 10 minutes (but is in actuality only about 20 seconds) your order 'executes' at $50 per share. and you think... well.. that's not too bad.. I guess?
at that point google could run to $100 by the end of the day and you could double your money!!! or it could settle back down to half of the price you bought it at, $25, and your money could be work 5k....
the people who were "in" at $10 still made hundreds of percentage points GUARANTEED either way... but not you! because you're not rich yet.. and that's how the game is played.. along with you and hundreds of thousands of other hopefuls who will have their money disappear out of their computer and into the hands of the professionals...
When Google goes..... IPO!
or if you were trying to buy it on the open market as soon as it goes public?
here's the problem, I don't know if you've ever done this before.. but unless you are pre-sold the shares at a set price, this is what happens:
you warm up your clicky finger muscles by playing a few xbox games, then go to your computer, get yourself a nice big cup of coffee and a comfortable chair, open your online trading program, and get ready for Google to GO IPO!!!
you figure out how many shares you can buy with 10k and get excited because you're going to own 1,000 shares at $10 per share, you can get the shares right when it opens! you even put in the ticker symbol, the number of shares and mark 'market order' so it will immediately execute. you're ready to click & get rich
so GOOGLE GOES IPO! you INSTANTLY click, YES! you and about 500,000 other hopeful day traders all INSTANTLY click, YES! Google opens at $10, a bargain!
and you're staring at the screen... waiting to see the "order status" change from "open" to "executed".. but the price is shooting up even faster than your increasing heartrate and the status of your order hasn't changed.
because you see... when that many people click BUY at once.. it creates an artificial "spike" in the price of the stock.. ZOOOOOOOOOOOOM
WTF?! your hands and pits start sweating and your finger hovers over the mouse button as you frantically decide whether or not to 'cancel' the order, but you can't, you waited too long to get into this, you wanted it too much. you're frozen.
after what seems like 10 minutes (but is in actuality only about 20 seconds) your order 'executes' at $50 per share. and you think... well.. that's not too bad.. I guess?
at that point google could run to $100 by the end of the day and you could double your money!!! or it could settle back down to half of the price you bought it at, $25, and your money could be work 5k....
the people who were "in" at $10 still made hundreds of percentage points GUARANTEED either way... but not you! because you're not rich yet.. and that's how the game is played.. along with you and hundreds of thousands of other hopefuls who will have their money disappear out of their computer and into the hands of the professionals...
When Google goes..... IPO!
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Code
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It's an auction IPO.
No one here will be involved until the shares hit the open market hours after opening, at which point no one will be buying it at 50-60 bucks only to watch it fall back to 10-12.
No one here will be involved until the shares hit the open market hours after opening, at which point no one will be buying it at 50-60 bucks only to watch it fall back to 10-12.
bran987
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really?
this almost sounds like they actually CARE about the public but I guess the companies just want to be able to bid the low prices themselves without the public being involved.
if that is the case you just have to look at what you think it should be valued at based on income and future cash flows and see if you think it's still worth it by the time you have the opportunity.. but really smart people will have already done that by the time this hits the open market.. so it will probably be pretty fairly priced by then.
even so.. when it hits the open market expect another mini-IPO.. it could be priced at $50 when it hits then the public could run it up to $100 before it settles back to $75.. it's still not safe.. where there is huge possibility of return there is huge possibility of risk.. just depends if you can stand to lose the cash or not.
this almost sounds like they actually CARE about the public but I guess the companies just want to be able to bid the low prices themselves without the public being involved.
if that is the case you just have to look at what you think it should be valued at based on income and future cash flows and see if you think it's still worth it by the time you have the opportunity.. but really smart people will have already done that by the time this hits the open market.. so it will probably be pretty fairly priced by then.
even so.. when it hits the open market expect another mini-IPO.. it could be priced at $50 when it hits then the public could run it up to $100 before it settles back to $75.. it's still not safe.. where there is huge possibility of return there is huge possibility of risk.. just depends if you can stand to lose the cash or not.
Razorguns
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It even says in the news release about the "elite" investors of the investment firms underwriting the deal getting first crack at the shares. Thsoe are the folks that MAKE money off of the IPO. The rest of the sheep are just raising funds for Google and have no collection privileges when google burns away millions of their money on lavish spending and hookers in vegas and dropping stock prices to $8 when MS takes over.
I just heard what Code said. They want the "little" investor to be in on this. You put in a bid of what you think is a resonable price and you MAY or may not get it. You certainly won`t get as many shares as you want. I`m not familiar with this strategy, I just heard it on the (financial) radio station while driving.
Also, the stock does`n have to open at $10 and climb REALLY FAST. It could open at $50 for the first price IF THAT`S WHAT the bids are. You can`t ask the question of "What will $10k make?"
I also heard it could be as high as $25Billion, so that 10X the price they`re looking at. Not sure where this began really, like I said I have`nt followed it. But having said 10x the price, does`nt mean you`ll get 10X your money. It might open at 15-20Billion, get it?
Also, the stock does`n have to open at $10 and climb REALLY FAST. It could open at $50 for the first price IF THAT`S WHAT the bids are. You can`t ask the question of "What will $10k make?"
I also heard it could be as high as $25Billion, so that 10X the price they`re looking at. Not sure where this began really, like I said I have`nt followed it. But having said 10x the price, does`nt mean you`ll get 10X your money. It might open at 15-20Billion, get it?
