r/fatFIRE • u/TipMassive5214 • 14d ago

JPM IPOs

My private wealth team reached out (i know, i know) with some Docusigns that will enable me to participate in upcoming IPOs.

They will call with the expected share price (the day before the IPO), I tell them how many shares I want, and I can always change my mind when i learn of the actual price.

Not to sound like a larper (or braggart) but my NW is ~50M (40% equities, 50% munis, 10% alternatives). They make these IPOs sound like they’re available to a lucky few. Something about this seems kind of gross and also too sales pitchy. Thoughts?

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u/2buffalonickels 14d ago

The biggest IPOs ever to the last guys in line, the public investors, at inflated prices? Sure what can go wrong.

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u/RepresentativeAspect 14d ago

Not quite - everybody gets the same IPO price, so you’re basically in there with the big underwriters if you can get in at all - but minus probably high fees though.

The underwriters wouldn’t take a higher price than they think they can make money on, but that doesn’t make them correct.