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Robinhood IPO Was No Feather in Its Cap



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Robinhood CEO and co-founder Vlad Tenev and co-founder Baiju Bhatt in New York on Thursday.

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July 29, 2021 5:54 pm ET

There were warning signs that

Robinhood’s

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men and women weren’t going to be so merry on Thursday.

Leading up to its trading debut, Robinhood priced its shares at the bottom of its pre-IPO range and didn’t maximize the potential allocation to its own customers. Instead of as much as 35%, they received around 20% to 25% of the shares, according …

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