There can certainly be advantages to investing in a newly public company, but sometimes the risks far outweigh the benefits. In this segment of Backstage Pass, recorded on Nov. 15, Motley Fool contributors Danny Vena, Jason Hall, and Rachel Warren discuss IPO investing, the downfall of newly public Casper (NYSE: CSPR) stock, and what investors need to consider before they jump into this space. Danny Vena: It's not easy to make a company successful, and not every company should go public, and the metric that we talked about last week was something in the neighborhood of 3.4% of IPOs are responsible for all of the economic gains from IPOs over a 10-year period. Jason Hall: Getting in is highly overrated. Read More...
There can certainly be advantages to investing in a newly public company, but sometimes the risks far outweigh the benefits. In this segment of Backstage Pass, recorded on Nov. 15, Motley Fool contributors Danny Vena, Jason Hall, and Rachel Warren discuss IPO investing, the downfall of newly public Casper (NYSE: CSPR) stock, and what investors need to consider before they jump into this space. Danny Vena: It’s not easy to make a company successful, and not every company should go public, and the metric that we talked about last week was something in the neighborhood of 3.4% of IPOs are responsible for all of the economic gains from IPOs over a 10-year period. Jason Hall: Getting in is highly overrated.
