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IPOs: Avoid Them

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R Balakrishnan | 08/05/2012 11:56 AM | 

IPOs are usually priced to deliver losses after listing

It was wrongly rumoured that the IPO (initial public offering) market is dead. It is, indeed, dead for dud issues at any price and for good issues at fancy prices. The listing of MCX (Multi Commodity Exchange of India) proves that if the issuer decides to leave something on the table for the investor and has an interesting future, people are willing to put in money.

By and large, it pays not to subscribe to any IPO. The simple logic is that any promoter, who comes to the market, ...


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