IPO (US)

A US IPO is a company's first sale of shares to the public, registered with the SEC in an S-1 filing. In June 2026 SpaceX raised $75 billion in one listing, nearly four times India's best IPO year. The S-1 is on EDGAR the moment it is filed, and the first trade is an opening auction.

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  • Opening auctionThe opening auction is the single trade that starts the US day at 7:00 PM IST, 8:00 PM in winter. Orders collect…
  • SECThe SEC is the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the referee Congress built after 1929 exposed how little buyers…
  • SPY ETFSPY is the SPDR S&P 500 ETF, the first US-listed ETF (1993) and one of the most traded securities on earth, so its…
  • Direct listing / SPACA direct listing puts existing shares on an exchange with no new shares and no underwriter, so the opening auction…
  • Market capitalizationMarket capitalization is share price times shares outstanding, the market's price for the whole company. Index weights…
  • VolumeVolume is how many shares or contracts changed hands in a period. About half of US stock volume is filled off exchange…

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