Nir Kaissar, Columnist

Good Things Come to Those Who Wait for Unicorn IPOs

Despite less of a first-day pop, more established companies do better in the long run. 

Patience can be an investing virtue when it comes to unicorns.

Photographer: Rolf Vennenbernd/AFP/Getty Images

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The unicorns are coming, and not a minute too soon for many investors.

As Bloomberg News reported recently, a flood of private companies are planning initial public offerings for next year, including behemoths such as Uber, Lyft and Slack Technologies. Airbnb may also add its name to the list.