When a private company sells a piece of its business in the form of stock to the public, the process is known as an initial public offering, or IPO. Companies go public to raise a large amount of cash ...

An IPO is the first public sale of a company’s stock. Individual investors may be able to buy IPO shares either through an eligible brokerage or on the public market after trading begins. However, ...

IPO mutual funds remain a niche category, with some schemes investing in newly listed stocks and others tracking IPO-focused indices. Here’s how fund managers approach IPOs, when they buy or sell, and ...