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When the stock market surged to its sharpest single-week gain in well over two-and-a-half years, there was not an IPO in sight. That picture is about to change. Bankers are looking to price 14 deals over the next two weeks and expect to raise $3.5 billion in proceeds.

 

 

When Groupon  (GRPN) broke issue price last week, the naysayers who had predicted it took a victory lap around the IPO Arena. But the life cycle of the IPO has not yet been played out.

 

 

Thanksgiving turkeys arrived early on Wall Street as four IPOs laid eggs in last week’s new-issues market. This holiday-shortened week has just two deals on the calendar. Investment professionals expect a sleepy time in the Land of IPOs.

 

Out of the smoke that engulfed the world’s securities markets last week comes this week’s IPO calendar. It has nine offerings that aim to raise $1.5 billion – the busiest week since December 2010.

 

 

November’s IPO market opened with a pop and two flops. What’s more, the first week of November included eight companies unveiling proposed IPO pricing terms and six jumping onto the new-issues calendar. That’s not too shabby.