The IPO Buzz: It’s a Wrap for 2009 IPOs
By: John E. Fitzgibbon, Jr.
As 2009 wrapped up its IPO year, Benjamin Franklin’s words of wisdom finally came through to Wall Street: “Life’s tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.”
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The IPO Buzz: Last Lap for 2009’s IPOs
By: John E. Fitzgibbon, Jr.
The IPO calendar gears up this week for its final lap around the new-issue arena. There are four companies scheduled to go public, but with last week’s calendar hitting the wall, skeptics abound in the Land of IPOs.
The IPO Buzz: IPOs Fortune Cookies
By: John E. Fitzgibbon, Jr.
Wall Street’s bankers are offering an IPO platter full of Chinese fortune cookies this week, just as holiday parties get into full swing ahead of Hanukkah and Christmas. The Chinese deals account for four of the eight companies on the new-issues calendar. But the Chinese quartet is not headed to market without some skepticism. It could, however, be unfounded.
The IPO Buzz: A Peek Behind the IPO Scenery
By: John E. Fitzgibbon, Jr.
With the Thanksgiving holiday in the rear-view mirror, bankers are preparing for the year-end IPO rush. This week, though, they are not getting off to a very fast start.
The IPO Buzz: Under the IPO Radar
By: John E. Fitzgibbon, Jr.
An unexpected pop and a startling flop generated the most buzz in the IPO market last week. But the most significant development may have flown under the radar: Nine new names joined the IPO pipeline last week.
The IPO Buzz: IPOs Above the Clouds
By: John E. Fitzgibbon, Jr.
Six deals are perched in this week’s IPO nest, waiting to take flight. Bankers expect to raise $1 billion. And here’s where Mother Nature has something in common with Wall Street -– some of these deals will fly off the runway, while others will not.
The IPO Buzz: Fashionable and Frugal IPOs
By: John E. Fitzgibbon, Jr.
Wall Street will get its own version of Fashion Week with two retailers aiming to go public in the days ahead. One is a company called rue21 (NYSE: RUE – proposed) and the other is Dollar General (NYSE: DG – proposed).
The IPO Buzz: Room at the IPO Inn
By: John E. Fitzgibbon, Jr.
November will open its doors with six IPOs this week. They expect to raise $1.65 billion. Not a shabby start, considering that last year, only one deal was priced during the entire month of November 2008. This week’s traffic includes a household name and a dot-com. Let’s take a quick look at this week’s headliners.
The IPO Buzz: Moving the IPO Merchandise
By: John E. Fitzgibbon, Jr.
The trick in selling anything is marking the merchandise at a price to sell. October’s secondary/follow-on calendar has found the answer; the new-issues calendar has not. And the end result is on the ticker tape. In Wall Street jargon, “the tape tells the tale.”
The IPO Buzz: IPO Highway Markers
By: John E. Fitzgibbon, Jr.
Navigating the IPO market is a bit like driving down the highway, where you need to focus on what you can see through the windshield while occasionally checking out any other activity by glancing in the rear view mirror.