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I'm so tired of this

by Ohn0 7y ago

rolltiide 7y ago
Why? In a less costly regulatory environment it would happen way more frequently and it would not be elevated as news https://www.statista.com/statistics/270290/number-of-ipos-in-the-us-since-1999/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/270290/number-of-ipos-in... Edit since I am rate limited: yes it is the best comparison. Let the public access more securities investments, the tools to manage risk are numerous.
- jaypeg25 7y ago
  I'm all for having more IPO's (my job is actually advocating for policies that make it easier/cheaper for companies to go public) - but maybe this isn't the best comparison to make: "While this [# of IPOs in 2019] was an increase from the past few years, it was half the number of twenty years ago, while the Dot Com Bubble was forming."
null_turkey 7y ago
I'm not totally sure what 'this' is referencing, but if its the feeling that there are too many IPOs -- I see it as a good thing! It's so hard to find investments where a company hasn't hit their biggest growth period yet. It feels like you need to be in some inner circle of investors to get in on some of that action. I probably wouldn't invest in Casper, but I hope the number of IPOs keeps increasing!
atyppo 7y ago
IPOs have precipitously declined since the 90s. In 1999, there were 486 IPOs. There are now approximately 190 per year. [1] [1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/270290/number-of-ipos-in-the-us-since-1999/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/270290/number-of-ipos-in...
- awalton 7y ago
  You're going to go with the dot-com bubble era for a comparison here?
  - atyppo 7y ago
    I didn't mention whether I thought the increase in IPOs was worrying. (In fact, I do think we may be reaching/reached saturation.) IPOs per year is a highly volatile number [1], based upon lots of factors, such as perceived market conditions (sometimes by the underwriters, not the company IPO'ing). [2] [1] https://theweek.com/articles/770020/americas-disappearing-ipos https://theweek.com/articles/770020/americas-disappearing-ip... [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC7ht0CAQsk&feature=emb_title https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC7ht0CAQsk&feature=emb_titl...

I'm so tired of this

by Ohn0 7y ago

I'm so tired of this

Why? In a less costly regulatory environment it would happen way more frequently and it would not be elevated as news https://www.statista.com/statistics/270290/number-of-ipos-in-the-us-since-1999/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/270290/number-of-ipos-in... Edit since I am rate limited: yes it is the best comparison. Let the public access more securities investments, the tools to manage risk are numerous.

jaypeg25 7y ago
I'm all for having more IPO's (my job is actually advocating for policies that make it easier/cheaper for companies to go public) - but maybe this isn't the best comparison to make: "While this [# of IPOs in 2019] was an increase from the past few years, it was half the number of twenty years ago, while the Dot Com Bubble was forming."

null_turkey 7y ago

I'm not totally sure what 'this' is referencing, but if its the feeling that there are too many IPOs -- I see it as a good thing! It's so hard to find investments where a company hasn't hit their biggest growth period yet. It feels like you need to be in some inner circle of investors to get in on some of that action. I probably wouldn't invest in Casper, but I hope the number of IPOs keeps increasing!

atyppo 7y ago

IPOs have precipitously declined since the 90s. In 1999, there were 486 IPOs. There are now approximately 190 per year. [1] [1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/270290/number-of-ipos-in-the-us-since-1999/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/270290/number-of-ipos-in...

awalton 7y ago
You're going to go with the dot-com bubble era for a comparison here?
- atyppo 7y ago
  I didn't mention whether I thought the increase in IPOs was worrying. (In fact, I do think we may be reaching/reached saturation.) IPOs per year is a highly volatile number [1], based upon lots of factors, such as perceived market conditions (sometimes by the underwriters, not the company IPO'ing). [2] [1] https://theweek.com/articles/770020/americas-disappearing-ipos https://theweek.com/articles/770020/americas-disappearing-ip... [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC7ht0CAQsk&feature=emb_title https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC7ht0CAQsk&feature=emb_titl...