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The all-new BMW M4 CSL

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 The all-new BMW M4 CSL: The Legend is Reborn To celebrate their 50th anniversary, BMW  GmbH presented their fans with a special edition car based on the high-performance  models. The new BMW M4 CSL combines old-school racing passion with the latest innovative technology to yield a beast of a car. Competition, Sport, Lightweight. In case you haven't figured out, that's what the CSL stands for. The car posses the next-level power and intelligent lightweight design, model-specific chassis upgrade on the two-seater configuration. The M4 CSL share similar performance specs with the BMW M4 GT3, the M4 CSL clocked the fastest Nurburgring's Nordschleife circuit lap times for a series produced BMW car. The beast boast 3.7 seconds from 0 - 100 km/h, and 10.7 seconds sprint from 0 - 200 km/h! BMW plan to produce a limited 1000 units of the lightweight beast, only weighing 1625 kg, giving it a power-to-weight ratio of 4.01kg/kW. Impressive. Significant amount of weight have been she...

What's the actual price of that IPO?

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Investors are always searching for investing opportunities, both in publicly listed and private companies. There are interesting private companies, except that it is a challenge to get a piece of them. So, you have to wait for the Initial Public Offering (IPO) .  Companies sell shares to the public to raise funds; they use these funds to grow the business, or to pay debt, it is a more complicated than this but you get the picture.  A handful of smart people work collectively to get the company listed in the securities exchange. This often include company founders , management, investment bankers , and other advisors. These people disagree on a number of things but the focal point of this Blog is the value of the business; from a trading perspective, the listing price. The founders want a fair price for their business. They will not settle for anything less that what they perceive to be the value of their brainchild. They will fight tooth and nail to get the highest p...