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By: John E. Fitzgibbon, Jr.

 

The financial media had a great time this past week ballyhooing a blockbuster billion-dollar IPO still in the pipeline. Here’s what the flutter was about.

 

 

By: John E. Fitzgibbon, Jr.

 

Old Mother Hubbard’s IPO cupboard looks pretty bare with only one new face on this week’s calendar and nothing on the horizon. But dramatic changes took place Friday that are signaling a turnaround.

 

 

By: John E. Fitzgibbon, Jr.

 

Kinder Morgan’s (KMI – proposed) blockbuster deal of $2.2 billion takes center stage in this week’s IPO Theater. But it’s not the only show in town. Last year’s average volume was slightly over three deals per week. This week’s calendar features 13 IPOs, amounting to a baker’s dozen in the week before Valentine’s Day. A pickup in IPO traffic  doesn’t just happen overnight. Here’s the back story.

 

By: John E. Fitzgibbon, Jr.

 

This week’s IPO calendar can be described as a lot of wing flapping and little flying. A dozen or so deals grace this week’s calendar, but there are no marquee names to grab any headlines. However, there’s an odd duck coming to the U.S. capital markets from the London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Market, or AIM, that’s billed as an “IPO.” It isn’t.

 

 

By: John E. Fitzgibbon, Jr.

 

The 2011 IPO Circus blows into town this week featuring two star performers and a large supporting cast. This week’s IPO traffic of seven deals is expected to raise over $3 billion.