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Lately, the ratio of companies that currently are losing money that IPO to IPOs has been extremely high which is generally a sign of a market the is overheated
by this_user 12y ago
Lately, the ratio of companies that currently are losing money that IPO to IPOs has been extremely high which is generally a sign of a market the is overheated and investors that are too optimistic which is not a good sign going forward. On the other hand, a lot of the high-flying (and arguably overpriced) tech stocks have sold off by a big margin since the beginning of the year. Quite a few are down 20% or more. The overall market vulnerable while the period from May to November is seasonally weak too and the Federal Reserve continues tapering its bond purchases that have propped up the market for the last couple of years. However, a lot of those money losing stocks that are going to need to raise more cash in the foreseeable future. If we see a bigger flush during the summer as we saw in 2011 and 2010, it would give them the opportunity to do secondary offerings at attractive valuations that should attract enough interest to meet their financial needs.