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• FLOATING AN ISSUE
  
  When a corporation or public agency offers new stocks or bonds to the public, making the offering is called floating an issue. The securities may be the first public issues of a company that was previously private, or an initial public offering (IPO). The securities may also be new issues of companies that have already gone public, in which case they're called secondary offerings. All issues must be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
  
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