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Tech IPOs, a Good Investment or Not?

Celine Sun, PhD and Andy Rachleff — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 17:30:20 +0000

A number of potential clients have asked what returns they might expect from the average IPO. To determine the return of the average IPO we thought it might make more sense to look at a portfolio of all tech IPOs and compare it to the S&P 500, as well as a typical diversified portfolio. Our […]

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Investors’ Most Serious Mistake

Burton G. Malkiel, Ph.D — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:21:36 +0000

Without doubt, the most serious mistake individual investors make is trying to time the market. Neither individual nor professional investors are able to make consistently accurate calls on the direction of market prices. In fact, I have never known anyone who knows anyone who has consistently made accurate directional bets on either equity or bond […]

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Perspectives on Tech IPOs: Eric Schmidt, Bill Gurley, Ben Horowitz, Frank Quattrone

Elizabeth MacBride — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 15:30:36 +0000

Globalization underpins the fast growth of the current generation of Internet companies, especially those heading toward IPOs in the near future, according to four Silicon Valley leaders in video interviews released by Wealthfront today. Great Perspectives on Tech IPOs from Wealthfront. All four leaders, in different ways, address the central questions hanging over the technology […]

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