The sexy, frantic, and chaotic world of investment banking in Industry often speaks its own language.
Allow us to translate.
This article containsIndustryspoilers through season 3 episode 2.
Audiences might understand the gist of what theyre saying, but only through context.
Thats whereDen of Geekcomes in.
In short, its a company that people would want to invest in.
IPO simply stands for Initial Public Offering.
It refers to a process in which corporations make stock available to the public for the first time.
This process is a manner in which many companies can obtain much needed capital.
That new investment money can then push the company in a direction they need to go.
This rather ominous term deals with outside forces that are not in the control of businesses.
Some macro headwinds that are seen all too often are variables such as high interest rates or inflation.
This has made meme stocks a modern trend.
Think about some recent buzzworthy stories about stocks that became popular via subreddits and other social media channels.
This drove the stock price for those companies and ended up costing massive hedge funds billions of dollars.
It was an amazing David vs. Goliath story that showed how everyday people can truly affect the market.
Industry season 3 airs at 9 p.m.
ET, Sundays on HBO.
The season does not yet have a U.K. release date.
