Browse past tech stock questions and answers in the Ask Matt archive . Last year, IPOs that were postponed actually did better than those that went out on time, according to a study by CommScan. IPOs are in such demand that the underwriters bringing them to market can be fickle about the timing. Finding out what delayed IPOs are in the pipeline is easy. Buying IPOs is still the one of the most risky types of investing.
Studies prove time after time that most individual investors lose money on IPOs.
And buying postponed IPOs isn't a for-sure way to find winners, either. The stock has been in freefall since going public.