Example sentences for: ipos

How can you use “ipos” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • 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.

  • Where most IPOs this year have been strikingly successful--AMF Bowling, of all things, being just the latest company to see its share price jump--China Telecom's shares fell by 10 percent in the first three days of trading.

  • If investors feel they can't make money investing in IPOs underwritten by Hambrecht, they'll pay less for them then they would if the same companies were being underwritten by more established investment banks, thereby defeating the whole purpose of going public with Hambrecht.

  • The first trade was at $248 a share, and unlike the way most IPOs trade, FreeMarkets' shares kept rising during the day, closing at $280 a share.

  • After all, IPOs are breaking through their offering prices (that is, closing the first day of trading below where they were initially sold), and all the high-flyers of the last year--iVillage, TheStreet.com, Marketwatch, TheGlobe.com--have been crushed in the past few months.


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