Edition No. 41 · Sun 2 Aug 2026 · Story 22 of 30

"Make IPOs Fair Again: The Dutch Auction Solution"

Puck

Bill Cohan's Dutch-auction fix for IPOs, arguing the first-day pop is a transfer from the issuer to the banks' allocation list.

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