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  •  01-15-2008, 12:56 PM 21654

    Knowing when a company goes public?

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    Good afternoon all. I'm new to the trading scene obviously so I appologizse if this is a silly question. I heard on the news and saw on various news sites that the Discovery channel is going public in 2008.
    How does one find out the exact date this will happen?
    How does one get in on the ground floor buying some stock the second possible?

    Thanks for any info!

  •  01-15-2008, 1:49 PM 21659 in reply to 21654

    Re: Knowing when a company goes public?

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    Frankly in my personal opinion, its hard. The ground floor is already taken by the investment banks, institutions and major investors as the company prepares to and goes public (IPO).

    The time that the market "opens" for smaller investors, the offering is already at the first floor. Not to mention, (not 100% sure, someone clarify), traders with license to trade before the markets open, take away anything thats left between the first and the ground floor.

    So, if you are extremely sure the company is going to go up and keep going up, then you could get the shares as early as the market opens. (Unless you are an investment bank or an insitutional holder or a VC, etc., which I assume you are not)

    A good point to start could be to take a look at some websites that give a calendar as to when, which company is going public. for e.g. -

    http://www.ipohome.com/

    http://www.hoovers.com/

    Hope that helps !

    - Arch

  •  01-16-2008, 8:58 AM 21722 in reply to 21659

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    Thanks for that information. I didn't realize that the small investor never had the chance to participate on companies going public. It makes perfect sense though. I went to those two sites and searched for Discovery, but nothing came up. Might be too soon though.

  •  01-31-2008, 12:27 AM 22786 in reply to 21654

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    Here is the information that I got of of http://Hoovers.com

    I have access to the full due to the account I work there. If you or anyone would like to sign up for service please email me at bhuddleston@ hoovers . com I will contact you and give you a demo on how the full service site works.

    I had to put spaces in the email due to the system keep adding the http infront of hoovers

    Here is your information

    In 2007 Discovery Holding, controlled by Liberty Media chief John Malone, and Advance/Newhouse announced plans to combine and spin-off their DCI holdings to the public. Following the transaction, Discovery Holding shareholders will own two-thirds of the public company and Advance/Newhouse will own the rest. The announcement came after DCI had bought out former 25% partner Cox Communications in exchange for $1.3 billion in cash, along with such assets as the Travel Channel and Antenna Audio.

    I hope this answers some of your questions.

    Brady

  •  02-22-2008, 10:24 PM 24021 in reply to 21659

    Re: Knowing when a company goes public?

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    I get a weekly (free) email from Hoovers.com that tells me what companies filed for an IPO in the past week and what companies are going public in the following week. Sign up. It saves you the searching and worrying that you're missing something.

    IPOs are risky though. I'm trying to learn to buy it as soon as it goes public and then sell amidst the hype of the following weeks, before it goes back done (see VMW as an example of the hype and downfall).
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