While some large and successful companies are privately-owned, many aspire to "go public." An initial public offering (IPO) represents a private company's first offering of its equity to public ...

Greg McFarlane is a financial writer and co-founder of ControlYourCash.com. He is also the co-author of Control Your Cash: Making Money Make Sense. Somer G. Anderson is CPA, doctor of ...

Mary Hall is a editor for Investopedia's Advisor Insights, in addition to being the editor of several books and doctoral papers. Mary received her bachelor's in English from Kent State University ...