An "initial public offering" or initial public offering is the initial public offering of stock by a company to the public. Global stock exchange platforms like the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Nasdaq can help you stay on top of upcoming initial public offerings (IPOs). With due diligence, an initial public offering (IPO) can bring great returns to investors.

What is an Initial Public Offering (IPO)?

A private company that sells stock to the public is called an initial public offering. It is common for private companies looking to go public, to consult a bank to determine how many shares to issue and at what price.

New York Stock Exchange

Stock exchanges around the world are headquartered in New York City, with the New York Stock Exchange being the largest. IPO Center allows you to track historical, current and upcoming IPOs. The IPO Backlog section provides information on upcoming filings, recent IPOs, IPO price trends, and historical IPO charts.

Nasdaq

As one of the largest stock exchanges in the world, Nasdaq provides reliable information on upcoming IPOs. Using its IPO calendar, it can track the status of upcoming IPOs such as:

• List of upcoming initial public offerings (IPOs) and their announcement dates.

• Fixed-price IPO

• List of publicly traded IPOs

Yahoo! finance

You can use Yahoo Finance to track new listings on the Nasdaq, NYSE, Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), London Stock Exchange (LSE) and many other global stock markets. Past and future initial public offerings (IPOs) along with their status, number of shares, and potential price ranges can be viewed through the IPO Calendar, which contains more information about each IPO.

Google News Alerts

You can use Google Alerts to keep track of upcoming IPOs. Set up alerts for specific terms, such as "Coming Soon," and you'll often receive emails from Google with news and articles related to that topic. Here's a guide to creating Google Alerts for an upcoming IPO:

• Go to Google Alerts and enter the words you want to track.

• Enter "IPO" and other relevant keywords to add to your Google Alerts.

• Customize your notification preferences with custom settings.

Based on your notification preferences, you'll receive email notifications when new content appears on the web related to the keywords you've selected.

Websites that send you IPO alerts and charge you a fee

Subscribe to the IPO Alert website to stay informed about upcoming stocks. You will receive information about the planned initial public offering (IPO) and its progress at a reasonable price. Here are some well-known IPO alert sites:

• IPO Scoop provides paying clients with an IPO (initial public offering) calendar, IPO documents (such as S-1 filings, popularity, new prices, email alerts and a unique Friday morning review email for the week prior to the public offering).

• IPO Monitor is a service that gives users paid access to exclusive IPO calendars, IPO news, prices, key figures, performance metrics, industry research and quarterly reports.

• Renaissance Capital users can access IPO news, special education content, IPO statistics and schedules, and customizable email alerts.