With some boutique investment banks seeing losses of 25% to 30% as a result of mass sell-offs, market watchers are suggesting that these small institutions may have missed a window of opportunity to go public, TheStreet.com reports. When business was good, the boutiques apparently felt they would be able to command a good share price, but now several are reconsidering whether to launch an initial public offering. “Given the damage that we’ve incurred,” Marc Pado of Cantor Fitzgerald told TheStreet.com, “it would be not be the most beneficial time for an investment bank to go public.” Pado went on to say a better time is when there is “low to stable interest rates with economic growth looking to expand,” an environment in which investment banks thrive. Boutique banks suffer most in markets such as the current one because they often specialize in a single sector, or deal with smaller clients, which during tough times are more likely to cancel deals.