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DCS asked: A company that I hold a contract through is offering me a 3% matching IRA. Is it better in the long run for me in invest in an a tax free Roth or is 3% match good enough. Im thinking it would be better to do 3% I dont know if its better [...]

Sookie asked: What is the stage before the IPO stage when a COMPANY is just formulating & request family & friends to invest? Before the IPO = Initial Public Offering stage

westphalia1 asked: What are the requirements and how much might it cost for an investment bank like Merrill Lynch or Goldman-Sachs to do a new IPO? If your company is not in operation yet. To raise capital? I have been told that this would not be impossible to do.

ziggle asked: I know of a company that is going to have an IPO soon. How does trading actually begin? How is the initial value determined? I hear stories of a “road show” by the company executives to visit banks and investment firms. What occurs during these events? How do these events help determine the [...]

johndillon001 asked: Ok, lets say I start a company and its does well. Eventually I decide to go for an IPO. Ive heard that companies float onthe stock market to raise capital, but how does that work, because since 100% of teh shares are mine wouldnt the money go to me instead of the company?

twindynasty asked: Folks, I have been waiting to find out what ails the company OpNext after it went IPO a couple of months ago, Unfortunately the message board is still not active and investor relations do not seem to be returning calls. I also cannot find any other active forum to discuss the stock.

progress asked: Is there anyway the little people (people with 5K-10K to invest in stock) can benefits from IPO? Is there any company portal page (etrade, tradeking, share builder) that help the little investor buy IPO ALMOST immediately it becomes available. I mean why is it that its only the people with millions to invest [...]

William M asked: I want to know if when a company has an IPO, if you can start using options to trade that companies stock right after the IPO has started trading on the stock market? Please give me a simple, easy to understand answer to earn Best Answer.

Leela asked: I started out with two mutual funds. When I transferred them to a new investment company those two funds were used to buy three new mutual funds. This year I sold all three funds. I’m using turbo tax and I understand how to report the three I sold but I really lost on [...]

spider asked: I understand all they types of IPOs, and the reasons a company would want to go public, but I don’t understand how it affects the current ownership of the company. For example I own 51% of my company and 4 other people own the remaining 49%. How would our proportionate ownership in the [...]