One of the best ways to invest in an IPO is by not investing in an IPO at all.
That’s because investing in IPOs is a coin flip.
One of my favorite flops was the Ferrari IPO flop in 2015.
Here was a $12 billion IPO rolling on to the showroom floor, oversubscribed 10 times over. Investors were excited. Anticipation was high. The press noted it could be a hot runner even though the company had just said net profits fell 34%. Unfortunately, the IPO was a flop. Shares would plummet from $60 to $33 in days. Millions of dollars were wiped out.
Then there’s your Amazon-type IPOs that just explode out of the gate and keep running.
There’s also the potential for Elon Musk’s SpaceX to raise more than $25 billion in 2026, and would reportedly include Starlink, SpaceX’s satellite-based broadband service, and continued progress in its ambitious Starship program aimed at lunar and Mars missions.
Unfortunately, it’s that coin flip that makes IPO investing terrifying for many investors.
While you can always take your chances with a bet on an IPO, there are easier ways.
We are going to talk about how the S&P 500 Index has performed during a 15-year period on each of the days of the week. During the bull market, the S&P 500 made most of its gains on Mondays. Then, during 2001 and 2002, Monday became one of the weakest days of the week.
Is a Very Weak Close a Warning Sign for Tomorrow?
Let’s take a look at the effect, if any, that Friday’s performance might have had on Monday’s trading. For example, when Friday is an extremely weak day, has that weakness had a tendency to carry over into Monday? As a trader, is an extremely weak Friday a warning that the S&P is headed lower on Monday? Let’s take a look at what an extremely weak Friday might look like the following.
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The first profit opportunity we will review is a stock purchase in IAG stock or IAMGOLD corporation. Current projects in North America, South America, and West Africa mine gold for IAMGOLD.
When IAG shares moved under 3 the security closed February 2024 above the 10-month Moving Average to begin the bullish trend it remains trading in. The close of this month will mark the two-year anniversary of the trend seeing higher highs on the monthly chart. The most recent series at the Lower Keltner Channel occurred in October 2025. Since then, the movement stays in the upper half of the Keltner Channels for the IAG daily chart.
We recommend buying IAG stock at the current price level.
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