The IPO Buzz: Billion-Dollar Catch-Up Game
This week, Wall Street is expected to produce another billion dollars in IPO offerings. Actually, it is over $2 billion, but here’s a surprise. This year is playing catch-up to last year’s the IPO traffic.
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The IPO Buzz: Banking on IPO Billions
A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon, there’s serious money involved. This week’s IPO calendar has nine offerings, with bankers expecting to raise more than $2.1 billion. Five IPOs are on for next week, aiming to raise another $1.1 billion.
The IPO Buzz: IPO Pops, Flops and Whispers
Last week’s calendar gave us pops, flops and one IPO that traded on both sides of heaven’s gate. The six IPOs raised $1.86 billion. This week, it’s a much different story.
The IPO Buzz: A Blockbuster IPO Week
Wall Street is looking to raise almost $2 billion from this week’s IPO calendar. That’s well above the average weekly volume of $725 million over the last 10 years.
The IPO Buzz: IPO Heat and Light
IPOs from three sectors – cloud computing, homebuilders and money-transfer companies – have been hot. But on Wall Street, it’s crucial to remember one thing: You are only as good as your last trade. This week’s new-issues calendar has a representative from each of these three sectors. Let’s take a look.
The IPO Buzz: Check Out the IPO Report Card
The IPO first-quarter 2013 report card is in and here’s the story: B+. That’s not bad, but that’s down from the year-ago first quarter, when the IPO market got an A.
The IPO Buzz: An IPO Holiday Feast
Aunt Jemima, Birds Eye, Duncan Hines and other household names plan to go public this week. Not individually, but under the name of Pinnacle Foods (PF– proposed) – and Pinnacle’s industrial sector has been cooking.
The IPO Buzz: Signs of an IPO Spring
The calendar flips to spring this week, with eight IPOs expecting to raise $1.29 billion. The last time Wall Street saw an IPO calendar of this size was for the week of Feb. 4, 2013. That calendar expected to price eight IPOs and raise $1.38 billion. It didn’t turn out that way.
The IPO Buzz: Tech Returns to the IPO Stage
Technology is finally elbowing its way into 2013’s IPO calendar. One small-cap offering was priced last week, and this week’s only deal is another technology IPO.
The IPO Buzz: Mild IPO Start for March
In like a lion, out like a lamb is the old saw about March. In the case of the IPO market, the reverse is true: It’s a mild start to the month, with just two deals on this week’s calendar – one a small-cap offering and the other a retread from the past. Nevertheless, for the first time since mid-February, IPOs are back in town. Or to paraphrase Gertrude Stein: A calendar is a calendar is a calendar.