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But Hambrecht's Dutch-auction strategy has gotten off to a slow start because its first two IPOs, for Ravenswood Winery and Salon.com, were relative busts, at least in the sense that neither company has seen a significant gain over its offering price.
The executives can then "spin" the shares, which is to say, sell them for a quick profit as the stock's price bounces higher, something most IPOs have tended to do on their opening days of trading.
What the fad for foreign IPOs ignores is the massive uncertainty still attached to foreign markets, even as it has led U.S. investors to overlook everything they take for granted at home: regular reports, corporate accountability, open books, the Securities and Exchange Commission.
In 1996, Wall Street firms took home nearly $3 billion from underwriting IPOs, which means that winning or losing two or three big deals can be the difference between a great year and a bad one.
The first, and more mundane, point is that you have to have a brokerage account with Hambrecht to participate in its IPOs, so the number of potential investors in any Hambrecht offering is significantly smaller than the number of investors who might be interested in that offering.