CNBC: “The struggling IPO class of 2019 could be facing another wave of selling soon”
By admin_45 in IN THE NEWS
Excerpt from CNBC quoting DataTrek's Nick Colas:
.... "As lock-ups expire, some of that shortage of supply goes away,” said Nick Colas, co-founder of DataTrek Research. This flood of shares could put pressure on stock prices, he added"....
.... "If founders decide to sell around the lock-up date ending, shares flood the market, which DataTrek’s Nick Colas said can be an added drag on stock prices. Colas said early private investors are likely to sell regardless of an IPO’s performance so far this year.
“Their job is to get the company to the private markets, then to sell,” he said. “Venture capitalists are going to sell into lock ups because they have a huge investment in the assets and because their cost basis is so low — they still have a big gain even if the IPO hasn’t performed"....
Read the rest of Nick's quotes and the full article here on CNBC!
