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To: DD™ who wrote ()	6/19/1999 4:32:00 PM
From: Topannuity	of 142

These are the winning IPOs-- biz.yahoo.com On their first day of trading investors bid these shares up to more than 10 times their IPO price. What made these IPOs so compelling? They shared many of these exceptional characteristics: ____ They operate in a rapidly expanding market niche. ____ They have a unique (patentable) business model, product, or service. ____ They are the "first-mover" in their market niche and their competitors face significant barriers to enter that market. ____ They have strong brand recognition and a loyal customer base. ____ They are run by a strong management team with prior successful public venture experience. ____ They had strong early backers. ____ The size of the float is relatively small (2-4 million shares). ____ The IPO price range is relatively low ($10). ____ They are being underwritten by at least one of the three best- performing lead underwriters--Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Merrill Lynch, and Goldman Sachs--who have a world-wide reputation for offering quality IPOs, to protect. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Taking these criteria into account, how does this IPO stack up? Should we accept an allocation for it or not? Please post your ideas. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> RESOURCES: Underwriter's performance: quote.com Management team and their experience: sec.gov SEC filings and prospectuses edgar-online.com "Hot" IPOs list ostman.com Free 24/7 chat room all about IPOs... chat.yahoo.com Yahoo's list of the top performing IPOs biz.yahoo.com

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