The IPO Buzz: Bears Gone Wild

By: John E. Fitzgibbon, Jr.
On Friday, the bears went wild. The futures were down the limit in pre-opening trading and Wall Street braced itself for a bone-crushing freefall when the markets opened. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) tumbled about 512 points in early morning trading and then recovered. Nevertheless, it did close at 8,378.95, a new closing low for the year, but the day did not completely belong to the bears. The DJIA failed to hit an intraday yearly low and trading was a “normal,” by recent standards, volume of 6.55 billion shares.  
October 26, 2008 Read More

The IPO Buzz: Up in Smoke

By: John E. Fitzgibbon, Jr.
On Monday, Oct. 6, CapitalSource Healthcare REIT set proposed pricing terms for its IPO and its bankers announced its pricing date – Wednesday evening, Oct. 15 – so far, so good. On Oct. 15, the deal was postponed “due to market conditions.” And another dream of being the fall’s first IPO went up in smoke.
October 20, 2008 Read More

The IPO Buzz: History – A Crash Course

By: John E. Fitzgibbon, Jr.
Every now and then, we are blessed – or cursed – with historical financial events, such as the stock market’s current meltdown. A good many of us witnessed the October 1987 crash and there are a few still around who can speak first-hand of October 1929. You know something? Octobers haven’t been very good for the stock market.
October 12, 2008 Read More

The IPO Buzz: Waiting for Daylight

By: John E. Fitzgibbon, Jr.
On Friday, Oct. 3, 2008, the Nasdaq Composite Index closed DOWN 31.9 percent from its previous closing high. Ten years ago, on Oct. 8, 1998, the Nasdaq Composite closed DOWN 29.5 percent from its previous closing high. In each case, the IPO market had dried up. By mid-November 1998, IPOs staged a comeback. In today’s market, it’s a case of waiting for daylight.
 
October 5, 2008 Read More

The IPO Buzz: Cashing In On Chaos

By: John E. Fitzgibbon, Jr.
Bailouts and politics sent stock prices on a wild ride on Wall Street this past week. Not surprisingly, the IPO calendar dried up. Surprisingly, the secondary calendar exploded.
September 28, 2008 Read More
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