10/27/2026
Anthropic, the maker of Claude, is becoming a hot word in the Wall Street and investing world. What is going on with that company and market news about Anthropic? This ASL video will discuss IPO in general for the Deaf community.
IPO, initial public offering, is a company selling their shares to the public market for the first time. Statistics, collected and analyzed by Professor Jay R. Ritter of University of Florida, showed that since 1980s, nearly 13.3% of the large IPO companies have positive long run, 46.7% of companies with $100m sales have positive long run, and smaller IPO companies have better long term share's price growth. This shows that smaller IPOs were more likely to grow, while large caps were more prone to decline.
This ASL video discusses the dangers of buying into IPO stocks and what is a better way to invest in general. This is not a statement that you cannot buy into IPO; buying into IPO requires a proper mindset, expectation, and ideal for a short-term trading in general.
Disclosure: This ASL video is a commentary and educative about investment concepts. No promotion or solicitation of any investment service or product is made. Invest at your risk and past performance does not guarantee future result.
Links:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-26/anthropic-s-ipo-sets-up-defining-moment-for-wall-street-and-ai-boom?srnd=homepage-americas
https://site.warrington.ufl.edu/ritter/ipo-data/
https://site.warrington.ufl.edu/ritter/files/IPOs-Sales.pdf