An Initial Public Offering (IPO)is Characterized by All of the Following

question 47

Multiple Choice

An initial public offering (IPO) is characterized by all of the following except that

• A) it is the first time offering of stock by a corporation.
• B) it has the potential to be sold later for a profit in the secondary market.
• C) it can result in losing the investment.
• D) it is available to individual investors before institutional investors.

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A branch of metaphysics concerned with the nature and relations of being or existence.

Cosmos

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A French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist who is considered the father of modern western philosophy, famously known for the statement, "I think, therefore I am."

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