is an ipo a good investment 
ipos tend to garner a lot of media attention some of which is deliberately cultivated by the company going public generally speaking ipos are popular among investors because they tend to produce volatile price movements on the day of the ipo and shortly thereafter this can occasionally produce large gains although it can also produce large losses ultimately investors should judge each ipo according to the prospectus of the company going public as well as their financial circumstances and risk tolerance 