Author Archives: John E. Fitzgibbon Jr.

The Memorial Day break usually slows down the IPO market or brings it to a complete stop. This year is the latter. There is nothing on this week’s calendar, but May 2015’s IPO report card gets high marks.   May 2015’s calendar generated 22 IPOs that raised $4.6 billion, according to the U.S. Securities and […]

The IPO market has always been divided between the haves and the have-nots. Last week’s traffic underscored this division. Early warning signals were sent even before the IPOs started trading. That raises the question: How to tell a have from a have-not before an IPO starts trading? The answer: Check the IPO’s final pricing terms […]

With the NASDAQ Composite and the S&P 500 Index closing Friday at record highs and the Dow Jones Industrial Average not too far behind, the IPO calendar seems to be groping for leadership. This week, it falls back on favorites from the past – limited partnerships and health-care providers. All told, the calendar has six […]

A couple of moonshots skyrocketed off last week’s IPO calendar. That leads to the question: Could there be another in the works? By now, everybody knows Aduro Biotech (ADRO) and Etsy (ETSY) had breathtaking opening-day performances. Aduro, a clinical-stage immuno-oncology company, priced its IPO of 7 million shares at $17 each, UP from 5 million […]

Wall Street expects some thunder and lightning to sweep into the Valley of IPOs this week. The sound effects may precede the kind of rain that favors the rainmakers and investors alike. Two of the six deals on the calendar are reportedly on everybody’s “most wanted” list and two are said to be “in play.” […]

A thin sliver of light flashed across last week’s IPO skies, which could signal the return of the new-issues market. April marked the start of 2015’s IPO second quarter, ushering in a brand-name company (GoDaddy – GDDY) that popped for an opening-day gain of 30.8 percent and another company(Kornit Digital – KRNT)that did better than […]