chump said:"How are stock prices formulated for companies that are going to be floated?"
You really want to know ? About two to 4 years years before the event they hire me... I look at their assets and realise they are undervalued ...we look at their costs and realise they are not costs at all ...we look at their marketing and lo we find a means to increase their sales and we gently do this incremently so has not make waves ...we pop it in the oven on a low light and when it is ready to be served we take it out , decorate with some nice herbs and sell it the suckers on a strictly formulated basis of course with our fees paid up front....and the promise of a bit of icing on the sell off....
If it was a car we would have buffed it and shined the rubbery bits....if it was a house we would have painted over the damp bits..get my drift
I know what your saying matey, but hey, that's corrupt isn't it? 😎 😱