The IPO Buzz: Exception to the IPO Rule

Some things are best left in the rear-view mirror. That’s the best thing that can be said about the third quarter of 2011. By the end of September, most of the world’s stock indexes were close to the sharp claws of a bear market, which is a 20 percent drop from a previous high. When things like this happen, IPOs generally go into hibernation — except for last week.
 
October 2, 2011 Read More

The IPO Buzz: September’s IPO Surprise

What happened on Wall Street last week was a throwback to yesteryear’s Coney Island Amusement Park. This was anything but amusing. The steep fall by the three major U.S. stock indexes was like the Cyclone rollercoaster’s first plunge. It was heart stopping.
 
September 25, 2011 Read More

The IPO Buzz: IPO Fiction versus Fact

Will Rogers was fond of saying, “All I know is what I read in the papers.” He didn’t have the Internet to check fiction versus fact. This past week, we were subjected to an IPO media blitz about Groupon and Facebook. In the jaded eye of the Wall Street professional, it was fiction.
 
September 18, 2011 Read More

The IPO Buzz: A Dollar and A Dream

Any qualified investor with a dream and the right bid can get in on this week’s only IPO at its initial offering price. It’s a Dutch auction. But history tells us: Don’t look for an opening-day moonshot.
 
September 11, 2011 Read More

The IPO Buzz: Keep the Champagne on Ice

On the first day of September, victory laps around the Wall Street arena were few and far between. There was not much to celebrate over the year’s first eight months. With the popular stock market averages in a correction (down 10 per cent or more from their previous highs) and only 37 percent of the year’s IPOs closing above their initial offering prices, no champagne corks were popped in lower Manhattan.
September 5, 2011 Read More

The IPO Buzz: Serious Traffic

Reports of the death of IPOs are greatly exaggerated. This is the time of year the IPO market goes into its seasonal hibernation period, but the real clue to “life after death” was found at last week’s U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing window. It was a busy place.
 
August 28, 2011 Read More

The IPO Buzz: Hit the ‘Pause’ Button

This year’s IPO Labor Day break could not have come any sooner for the calendar. A quick look at the popular stock market indexes makes for unpleasant reading. But no matter what happens in the near future, IPOs will not be in play.
 
August 21, 2011 Read More

The IPO Buzz: After the Unthinkable

By now, everybody knows the final shoe on the U.S. debt crisis dropped late Friday afternoon. Standard & Poor’s cut Uncle Sam’s perfect credit rating. That move, which until just recently had been unthinkable, came after Wall Street’s closing bell on Friday. What will happen on Monday morning is anybody’s guess -– the United States has never traveled down this road. Japan has, Canada has, and each has muddled through. Now it’s our turn.
 
August 7, 2011 Read More
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