What better time to go public than during the middle of a raging bull market?
That's exactly what Alibaba (BABA) did in September, raising a record-shattering $21.8 billion in the process. The Chinese e-commerce giant ended the year at around $106 a share, marking a 56% jump from its IPO price.
But Alibaba wasn't alone. GoPro (GPRO) amazed investors by zooming to nearly $100 in October, quadrupling its $24 IPO price before coming back to Earth a bit.
U.S.-listed IPO volume totaled about $95 billion in 2014 as of December 17, according to Dealogic. That's the highest volume since the dotcom peak in 2000.
