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Quote from: Perry on May 15, 2012, 13:13How do I participate in the IPO? I'm located in Europe. I could spare a few thousand dollars for some SS Stocks... Ya even I would like to participate in the IPO... but how...?I discussed today from one of my share broker and he told that I cannot invest in the ipo since I am living on different country.
How do I participate in the IPO? I'm located in Europe. I could spare a few thousand dollars for some SS Stocks...
So the average royalty rate (in 2011) at shutterstock is now official:28%. (33,7 / 120,2)How much above (higher levels) or below (beginners) that average anyone's individual percentage is, is still a little mystery...
If we want to buy stock we have to wait until it goes on the New York Stock Exchange NYSE. It'll be there with the symbol SSTK if it all works out.If you are living in a country other than the US you can usually still buy US stocks through your local bank or through an investment firm.. at least you can in Norway.
...We small fry will have to wait until the shares hit the exchange.
Quote from: Microbius on May 16, 2012, 03:36...We small fry will have to wait until the shares hit the exchange.Anyone know how long after an IPO it typically takes for public shares to be made available?
Rudy said it already and they had it on the news this morning about what an IPO is because of Facebook going public and they said no matter what an IPO is a Sale.First time offer to sell to the public.Founders and Early investors are cashing out.and it is a sale.Here is what some of the investing companies from Wall Street say about IPO's.Why does a company go public?Companies issue stock to the public for many reasons including: Needing growth capital for the business Founding investors selling a portion of their original ownership Paying off debt Increasing exposure for the company Improving company's ability to recruit upper management through stock options Ability to issue further stock to facilitate takeovers using company stockIPOs generally favor the brokerage firms that underwrite these issues and the companies that go public. A close second are institutional investors that buy the stock at its offering price and then sell it in the afternoon, profiting from the transaction. By pricing the shares below their real value, institutions are able to make a quick buck off unsuspecting individual investors. Unless you are a big institution, it's unlikely that you would be able to buy shares in an IPO even if you wanted to. Only those with the deepest pockets representing the widest interests get access to these opportunities. That's not such a bad thing for individual investors.Sure, being in on the ground floor might mean a quick 15 to 20 percent return on your investment once it starts trading. However, studies have shown that many IPOs tend to trade below their offering price one year after going public. Investors might be better to focus on buying stocks that were IPOs a year earlier. Coca Cola went public in 1919 at $40 and was trading at $19 a year later. That is quite a difference.IPOs do from time to time grow up to be extremely large companies and so, like any other investment vehicle, you should do careful research before investing. If it's a stock worth buying and holding for the long term, whether you buy it today or in a year is of little consequence in the end. Why Go Public?Going public raises cash, and usually a lot of it. Being publicly traded also opens many financial doors: Because of the increased scrutiny, public companies can usually get better rates when they issue debt. As long as there is market demand, a public company can always issue more stock. Thus, mergers and acquisitions are easier to do because stock can be issued as part of the deal. Trading in the open markets means liquidity. This makes it possible to implement things like employee stock ownership plans, which help to attract top talent.
The Tao of Shutterstock: What Makes a Stock Photo a Stock Photo? - The Atlantic
But in the long term, Facebook being a public company has potentially huge repercussions. Private companies have the luxury of running themselves however they want. They can focus on long-term strategy instead of short-term gain. Public companies, though, have to march in front of their shareholders every three months and explain how and why they madeor lostso much of other people's money.That kind of pressure can make a company lose sight of what made it so successful in the first place. Facebook, in particular, will be immediately under fire for not doing more to monetize each individual user. Its earnings are dramatically below its projections; if it doesn't find a way to grow quickly, it'll have hell to pay. For a company that's already prone to overreaching, that anger could be the spark that lights a powder keg of privacy and Open Graph concerns.
Here's an interesting article from Gizmodo on the Facebook IPO. Even though it's written about Facebook I think it has quite a few applications to Shutterstock. Here is a quote which I'm afraid might be true.. switch out facebook for shutterstock in the bold partQuoteBut in the long term, Facebook being a public company has potentially huge repercussions. Private companies have the luxury of running themselves however they want. They can focus on long-term strategy instead of short-term gain. Public companies, though, have to march in front of their shareholders every three months and explain how and why they madeor lostso much of other people's money.That kind of pressure can make a company lose sight of what made it so successful in the first place. Facebook, in particular, will be immediately under fire for not doing more to monetize each individual user. Its earnings are dramatically below its projections; if it doesn't find a way to grow quickly, it'll have hell to pay. For a company that's already prone to overreaching, that anger could be the spark that lights a powder keg of privacy and Open Graph concerns.http://gizmodo.com/5911275/reminder-the-facebook-ipo-wont-make-you-rich/
These hype IPOs are a farse. They serve only one purpose: to line the pocket of financial executives and a few insiders managing the IPO. It's not about investment, it's about fees.... they have almost nothing to do with the company's or the investors interest. If there was rational price discovery mechanism at work here, the shares simply wouldn't sell at such an unreal price compared to working profits... and it wouldn't generate so much fee.
Quote from: drugal on May 19, 2012, 17:04These hype IPOs are a farse. They serve only one purpose: to line the pocket of financial executives and a few insiders managing the IPO. It's not about investment, it's about fees.... they have almost nothing to do with the company's or the investors interest. If there was rational price discovery mechanism at work here, the shares simply wouldn't sell at such an unreal price compared to working profits... and it wouldn't generate so much fee.The Facebook IPO is the daddy of all farces. As I mentioned in another thread Apple, with all it's fantastic products and $100B of cash reserves, is currently trading at a price/earnings ratio of about 13. Google has a PE of 20. Facebook's earnings ratio is a staggering ... wait for it ... are you sitting down ... 125!!!!!! In other words, it's only going to take about 125 years for Facebook to eventually earn what it was priced at.
Quote from: gostwyck on May 20, 2012, 11:38Quote from: drugal on May 19, 2012, 17:04These hype IPOs are a farse. They serve only one purpose: to line the pocket of financial executives and a few insiders managing the IPO. It's not about investment, it's about fees.... they have almost nothing to do with the company's or the investors interest. If there was rational price discovery mechanism at work here, the shares simply wouldn't sell at such an unreal price compared to working profits... and it wouldn't generate so much fee.The Facebook IPO is the daddy of all farces. As I mentioned in another thread Apple, with all it's fantastic products and $100B of cash reserves, is currently trading at a price/earnings ratio of about 13. Google has a PE of 20. Facebook's earnings ratio is a staggering ... wait for it ... are you sitting down ... 125!!!!!! In other words, it's only going to take about 125 years for Facebook to eventually earn what it was priced at. Boy you7 sure know it LSo there was a dotcom bubble, it popped, disaster - they went from that to an enormous real estate bubble, popped, disaster - now they want another dotcom bubble? 0.o Talk about quick, forced loss of memories.... or learning from mistakes.. omg
Quote from: luissantos84 on May 14, 2012, 14:16sub from 71.4% to 132.4%od from 18.4% to 31.6%el from 27.8% to 40.5%is iStock paying more? For me it is, PP sub sales are about 11% higher than at SS per sale (I didn't check sub plan pricing but I think they are about the same so IS would be paying a higher %). On Demand sales are probably on average about 25%, while single image OD are 20% which is the same or lower than a base level exclusive. And ELs (I doubt too many people buy the 25 EL packs) are probably closer to 30% on average which is the same or less than the majority of exclusives. The point was that SS is not giving really high commissions. In fact if your issue with IS is that they give too low commissions it would make more sense to be exclusive since SS gives lower commissions than they do.But back on topic, my guess is SS will raise prices and keep commissions the same.
sub from 71.4% to 132.4%od from 18.4% to 31.6%el from 27.8% to 40.5%is iStock paying more?
SS is the only microsite (besides of IS) wich could raise prices safely.
Does anyone know what the market share breakdowns are between shutterstock and istock?
Quote from: drugal on May 20, 2012, 17:35Quote from: gostwyck on May 20, 2012, 11:38Quote from: drugal on May 19, 2012, 17:04These hype IPOs are a farse. They serve only one purpose: to line the pocket of financial executives and a few insiders managing the IPO. It's not about investment, it's about fees.... they have almost nothing to do with the company's or the investors interest. If there was rational price discovery mechanism at work here, the shares simply wouldn't sell at such an unreal price compared to working profits... and it wouldn't generate so much fee.The Facebook IPO is the daddy of all farces. As I mentioned in another thread Apple, with all it's fantastic products and $100B of cash reserves, is currently trading at a price/earnings ratio of about 13. Google has a PE of 20. Facebook's earnings ratio is a staggering ... wait for it ... are you sitting down ... 125!!!!!! In other words, it's only going to take about 125 years for Facebook to eventually earn what it was priced at. Boy you7 sure know it LSo there was a dotcom bubble, it popped, disaster - they went from that to an enormous real estate bubble, popped, disaster - now they want another dotcom bubble? 0.o Talk about quick, forced loss of memories.... or learning from mistakes.. omg Boy, you sure know it all................
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