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June 23, 2007

Fun with IPO Data

Been playing with this year's IPO data a little. The returns are all calculated from the offer price.
  • Best day of week for total returns: Friday (14%)
  • Best day of week for first-day pop: Thursday & Friday (11%)
  • Worst day of week for first-day pop: Tuesday (5%)
  • Only day of week with no IPOs: Monday
  • Biggest total return: FCStone Group -- FCSX (150%)
  • Biggest first-day pop: Fortress Investment -- FIG (67.6%)
  • Worst first-day pop: RSC Holdings -- RRR (-13.6%)
  • Worst total return:  XTENT -- XTNT (-44.6%)

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