noun General Slang

Stagging

· noun · finance

Subscribing to an IPO just to flip the allocation on day one.

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British for IPO flipping. You apply for the float not because you love the company, but because you reckon the first-day pop will be juicy and you'll be out before lunch. A "stag" is the punter, the act is "stagging". Worked beautifully through the Thatcher-era privatisations.

“Half the retail book was just stagging — gone by the close on day one.”
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Stagging In A Sentence

Half the retail book was just stagging — gone by the close on day one.

Origin & Usage

London Stock Exchange slang dating to at least the 19th century; bloomed in the 1980s UK privatisation IPOs.

Variants stagstagger

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What does stagging mean?

Stagging is subscribing to an IPO purely to flip the allocation on the first day of trading for a quick profit, rather than holding the shares.

How do you use stagging in a sentence?

He made a tidy sum stagging that IPO, selling every share within hours of the market open.

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