There are many great stories of people investing in new companies or new IPO's and striking it rich. Google (GOOGL  ) has some amazing stories of people that took a chance and were rewarded heavily. To be fair though there are quite a few stories of losing riches as well. Not every company can turn out like a Google or a Facebook (FB  ), but there are still some great opportunities out there.

For 2017 the IPO markets are already off to an amazing start. Just this week there were 8 IPO's listed to go public. This ties last year for the most amount of IPO's listed in a single week. More than that, analysts are starting to get excited at the variety of industry types that are looking to go public. While its still very early tell, the 2017 IPO markets look like they are on pace to be a record setting year.

For you, the potential IPO investor it just means more options. Ill be honest, I never even consider a biotech IPO as they are just to volatile for my blood. This year so far though we have Oil companies, tech stocks, finance related stocks, as well as biotech stocks. The variety allows options for all types of investors.

Analysts are expecting oil to be a big IPO focus this year. Wonder why? Well many are taking the approach that oil has been discounted for some time now and those oil companies that are still actively drilling and producing oil have had time to adjust to the lower prices. Scaling back employees, becoming more efficient. These companies have had plenty of time to adjust and many are starting to show this in their earnings releases. This means that any new IPO's in this space will have already "trimmed the fat" and will look more attractive.

Again, it's still early to tell but so far this is shaping up to be quite the year for IPO's and if you have never considered looking into them, this may be just your opportunity.