IPO or Initial Public offering is first step of a company for getting into the league of biggies. Some of the IPO's have made investors millionaires overnight while some have been stock market dud. Investor needs to be extra cautious while investing in an IPO and should do a through research about the company and potential of it's management. The best thing which media does in case of an IPO is to create hype and increase curiosity in investors mind. Here is the trap to which investors might fall as prey and invest their hard earned money in IPO which becomes a stock market dud on listing. Many of the IPO's often list at price which is less then the IPO price per share.
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