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...from their first appearance in the Stanley Cup finals. Nor is it a fluke that Wall Street powerhouse Goldman Sachs, with the market at a historic high, is now mulling an initial public offering of its own. In the business of making your money mine, which is what any IPO is about, timing is everything...
...This IPO, by the way, may be an early indicator of just such a turn. Look at the Boston Celtics, which went public in 1986. It was the very peak of a hoops dynasty that included NBA championships in 1981, '84 and '86. They made it to the finals in '85 and again in '87. But their great players started leaving soon after, and the team has been "rebuilding" for nearly a decade. Oh, yeah, Celtics stock has been anything but a slam-dunk, soaring from $18 1/2 to just over $20--in 12 years. Even if you count dividends...
...television, built highways and wired the world. Not to mention the peripherals these produced, such as sitcoms and cable channels, "800" numbers and Websites, shopping malls and leisure time, existentialism and modernism, Oprah and Imus. Initials spread like graffiti: NATO, IBM, ABM, UN, WPA, NBA, NFL, CIA, CNN, PLO, IPO, IRA, IMF, TGIF. And against all odds, we avoided blowing ourselves...
...Jensen, president of the Association for Children for Enforcement of Support. "When I go into one of these companies, I'm not talking to a district attorney I can vote out of office." Some critics are troubled by all the money being made. Since taking Maximus public through an IPO this summer, Mastran has made $18.8 million in cash, and he holds stock worth an additional $110 million, though he is barred from selling it for years. Maximus contends that its profits come not from the poor themselves but from improvements it makes in the delivery system. "We only make...
What's worse, Wit penalizes customers who flip their buys for quick bucks. Selling Wit IPO shares less than two months after you buy them will not only cost you 5% of the sale price but also land you at the back of the line next time around. Klein admits this radical strategy--aimed at both encouraging stay-the-course investing and stroking the underwriters who want to stabilize their young companies' stock--removes one ace from his customers' hands. Still, he argues, buying and holding at the offering price is a better bet than buying during...