IPO investing: What are IPO stocks and the best brokers for IPO access?

Many investors dream of getting in early on the next Amazon . That's part of the appeal of initial public offerings, or IPOs, which allow investors to buy shares of a company as it enters the public market. With growing interest in potential future IPOs from companies such as SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI, here's what investors should know. What is an IPO? An IPO is the process where a private company becomes publicly traded by offering shares to investors. …