what is a window of opportunity 
a window of opportunity is a short often fleeting period during which a rare and desired action can be taken once the window closes the opportunity may never come again in a competitive market with many participants seeking to maximize tangible or intangible value shareholders employees and individuals often compete for investment options with a small window of opportunity finding opportunitiesin some cases it is possible to plan for and anticipate a window of opportunity and then act accordingly when the window opens sometimes an opportunity arises that is unforeseen and it is up to individuals to identify the opportunity and then act on it in situations with very brief or unpredictable windows of opportunity automation may be employed to take advantage of these windows as in algorithmic trading marketing tactics are often used to offer individuals specific windows of opportunity and may include examples of windows of opportunityinstitutional investors and the best retail clients of the underwriters for google s ipo in 2004 were given a chance to buy shares at the initial offering price those who took advantage of the window bought these oversubscribed shares at 85 per share 1financial investors often follow headlines to seek new ipo offerings arm one of the world s largest semiconductor companies and navan which operates a platform that provides travel and expense management for businesses are just two companies with planned ipos in 2023 2a 1984 1 000 investment in aapl shares would be worth approximately 1 162 615 73 in 2023 3the biotechnology industry is active with dozens of startups and firms in early stage pipeline development of therapies with blockbuster potential for the minority of companies that demonstrate efficacy and safety in their therapy large cap pharmaceutical and biotech companies will take notice and opportunities to invest in a merger or acquisition begin in 2022 johnson johnson the world s largest most diversified healthcare products company acquired abiomed a leader in breakthrough heart lung and kidney support technologies 4promising real estate investments often come within a window of opportunity individuals and companies can invest in foreclosures unoccupied buildings or open land blackrock a fiduciary asset manager invests and manages capital for clients in the public and private u s real estate markets as of 2023 blackrock invested approximately 120 billion in the u s residential real estate market and capital for mortgages to american families blackrock invests in new construction purpose built for rent housing developments to address the increasing demand 5