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Investing in IPOs

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If you have ever thought about investing in Initial Public Offerings, this book should be read BEFORE you call your financial consultant. The media is fond of reporting IPOs which have had stellar performance and creating an atmosphere of near hysterity. Before you enter your first order, do yourself (and possibly, your family) a big favor, read this book and get the "full scoop" on the Initial Public Offering marketplace. This is one book that I have on my shelf that should provide you with the fact on this market that has the potential of not only making you money, but more importantly, allow you to minimize the potential pitfalls of this marketplace that the media de-emphisizes. If knowledge is indeed power, this book can make you a Superman of this investment area. Good reading, easily understood, and very well written. You'll be glad you read this before entering your first order (or your next one)! Read it, and you'll understand the marketplace better than most. Best wishes to your continued investing success - the more you know, the better your prospects of investing successfully. Good luck and I wish you the best of profitability!

Yes, this book has large print and is an easy read. Don't let that fool you; it's loaded with useful information! In very concise terms, "Investing in IPOs" quickly brought me (a beginning investor) to the point where I understand what to look for in an IPO and where to find that information.

Taulli also addresses the sad reality that most individual investors are stuck on the outside when the initial offering happens. But he offers tips to tell you the best time to jump in if you've missed the first offering.

Read this book with a highligher in hand because you will be going back to it. It's a great launching point, though not a single source for all you'll ever need to know. On the other hand, the questions I'm now looking to answer are questions I didn't even know to ask before reading this book.

This book is a good introduction to the topic of IPOs, and contains a bevy of information that will be mostly relevant for the beginning (or uninitiated) investor interested in IPOs (how's that for consonance?). I wish the book went into more detail on some of the headier subjects, esp. company analysis. Still, it's a good read.

The information in this book is readily available in the educational features of E-Trade and other online investing sources. The author doesn't address the reality that Fidelity picks IPO recipients based on size and longevity of account (hence the rich get richer) and E-Trade prefers daytraders and assigns others randomly. The volume at E-Trade is so high... good luck to get any shares at all. Both require the invenstor keep the shares for a set number of days which is usually after the steller 120% rise is over. I was disappointed in the book. Not worth the money if you have taken advantage of free internet info.

Investing in IPOs describes the process behind taking a private company public in the United States. The book lists the players in an initial public offering and describes the documents that must be filed with securities regulators. It also offers suggestions about what characteristics lead to successful IPOs, such as a history of profits, a strong management team and a lack of strong competition. Also noteworthy are the advance warning signs which point to losers. These signs include pending lawsuits, low-price stock and recently changed business plans. We [...] recommend this book with its exhaustive and useful look at the IPO process to investors and to companies pondering an IPO. This clearly written book includes specific examples that use real-world companies to illustrate points.

What a great book. It is everything that you should have been taught in school and you were not. If you have any money invested or if you are going to invest, you would be making a mistake not reading this book first.

The book covers everything that you want to know and everything you should know about investing into an IPO. The entire process of what happens to a company and to an investor.

With the conditions of the market today it is only apporiate that this book is out. I can hardly wait until his next book comes out.

As a professional investor, I appreciated Tom's insight into the IPO market. Tom did not just research a topic and write about it. He clearly is immersed in the market and loves it. A must read for any investor.

As a merger professional working in the technology industry, Taulli's consistently clearheaded, intelligent appreciation for enlightened investment is a breath of fresh air among the Luddites and mindless marketeers. Run, fly or beam over but don't delay in adding Taulli to your personal resource center by acquiring his wonderfully insightful new book.

Finally, a book for ANY investor who wishes to invest in IPOs. This book clearly demystifies and decodes the world of IPOs even for beginning investors. Tom Taulli does a fine job of keeping it simple and providing accurate and practical advice. This book is well-worth the investment.

I have already read the book, which is why I submitted the review.

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