
Case summary:
J and R are happily leaving and are happy with their financial investment strategies. They are on their way to achieve the goal of paying children college fees, buying a beach house and having enough corpus for retirement. R recently received a $50,000 in heritance and is thinking about investing in different kinds of stock. J and R are looking forward for an initial public offering of a technology company and also looking for other companies stock as well. They are worried about whether these stocks will fit in their moderate risk profile or not.
Character in this case: J and R.
Adequate information:
J’s inheritance is $50,000.
To determine: The benefit of investing in an IPO, whether there is guaranteed return or not and whether they should invest in this stage of life or not.

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Personal Finance, FIN 2100 Kapoor 12th edition, University of Central Florida
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