Thank goodness I didn’t invest anything in Aston Martin shares at IPO

Thank goodness I didn’t invest anything in Aston Martin shares at IPO

Would £10,000 invested in Aston Martin (LSE: AML) shares at its IPO have been a good investment? In a word: no. Any money invested in the name behind James Bond’s most famous cars would have been, to put it frankly, a disaster. The stock was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 2018 at a share price of £19. The initial valuation of £4.33bn placed it within spitting distance of the FTSE 100. The excitement of the return of one of Britain’s m…