Skip to content
Smarter Investing
Back Home
by InteractiveAdvisors
  • Outlook
  • Strategies
  • Sustainability
  • Reflections
  • About
  • Search
Back Home
by InteractiveAdvisors
  • Outlook
  • Strategies
  • Sustainability
  • Reflections
  • About
Strategies

Why speculation and gambling are different

by Interactive Brokers Traders Insight|Published December 16, 2020

Steve Sosnick, Interactive Brokers’ chief strategist, discusses the recent initial public offerings and the liquidity in the market.

We are seeing record IPOs this year with such companies and Airbnb and DoorDash.

Sosnick explains why investors need to be discerning in evaluating this market. 

Photo Credit: Scouse Smurf via Flickr Creative Commons

AUTHOR

Interactive Brokers Traders Insight
Interactive Brokers Traders Insight
Interactive Brokers Traders’ Insight (IBTI) is a venue for market-related articles and commentary covering an array of asset classes and topics. All articles published on Traders’ Insight are simultaneously published directly to our trading platform (TWS).
267 posts

You may also like

Published November 14, 2016

Trump reset

The stock market prices in the Trump policy shift

Flat month but poised for growth
Published August 6, 2012

Flat month but poised for growth

I remain confident that the model will deliver very strong results over any three-year time horizon.

How stock buybacks lifted the Net Payout Yields model
Published September 24, 2012

How stock buybacks lifted the Net Payout Yields model

All of the top performers in August were the stocks focusing on large buybacks with relatively small dividends.

New Positions on Covestor (EBAY, RFMD)
Published July 29, 2010

New Positions on Covestor (EBAY, RFMD)

Let’s take a look at two positions added by our Covestor model managers this week. One manager looks beyond creative accounting for […]

Our Newsletters

By pressing Subscribe, I understand I will receive the Smarter Investing newsletter by email from Interactive Advisors, and I can unsubscribe at any time by using the links provided in those emails. I agree to Interactive Advisors Privacy Policy on our Forms and Agreements page.

✔ Thank you for requesting to receive the Smarter Investing newsletter by email. You may unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe link provided at the bottom of each newsletter or by emailing us at clientservices@interactiveadvisors.com.

✘ Subscription failed. Please check you have entered a valid e-mail address.

Recent articles

  • The New Gold Story: Who’s Buying, and Why?
    The New Gold Story: Who’s Buying, and Why?
    4 days ago
  • Positive Indicators Lift Stocks into May
    Positive Indicators Lift Stocks into May
    4 days ago
  • UK Economy Faces Substantial Risks Ahead
    UK Economy Faces Substantial Risks Ahead
    2 weeks ago
  • Navigating Volatility: Corporate Strategies in 2025
    Navigating Volatility: Corporate Strategies in 2025
    2 weeks ago
  • US Tariffs Break the USD Bull Case
    US Tariffs Break the USD Bull Case
    2 weeks ago
  • Bullish Options Positioning Sets High Bar for This Week’s Earnings
    Bullish Options Positioning Sets High Bar for This Week’s Earnings
    2 weeks ago
  • Pale Blue Dot Calling
    Pale Blue Dot Calling
    3 weeks ago
  • Market Slips as Q1 Reports Arrive
    Market Slips as Q1 Reports Arrive
    3 weeks ago

Post navigation

  • Previous post Small caps surge: What’s ahead in 2021
  • Back to post list
  • Next post Is the long value drought coming to an end?

Covestor Ltd, also known and doing business as Interactive Advisors, is an Interactive Brokers Group Company. It is an investment advisor registered with and regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. Registration does not imply a certain level of skill or training nor does it imply endorsement by the SEC.

The content of the Interactive Advisors blog includes commentaries written by third-party portfolio managers, freelance writers and Interactive Advisors employees and does not necessarily represent the opinions of Interactive Advisors or any of its officers, directors, employees or staff. The content, whether or not provided by Interactive Advisors, is offered for informational purposes only, does not constitute investment advice, and is not an offer to buy or sell any security. The content of this blog is not a substitute for obtaining professional financial advice from a qualified person or firm. For additional information or questions about this blog, please contact editorial@interactiveadvisors.com.

For more information and disclosures about the Smarter Investing blog, view our legal disclosures.

© Covestor, 2025. All rights reserved

Designed with the Customizr theme