Category Archives: The IPO Buzz

Spotify Technology S.A. (SPOT) came to town last week with all the fanfare of an old-fashioned three-ring circus. The financial press loved the deal, proclaiming it a huge success and hinting that many other unicorns were lining up for direct public offerings. The press may have gotten it wrong. No one quoted the buyers. When […]

With the IPO market’s first quarter already swept into the history books, all eyes are on the big name on the marquee for the first week of April: Spotify Technology S.A. (SPOT proposed). This is the only offering on this week’s calendar – and it isn’t an IPO. This is a direct listing. Note: The company, […]

Four IPOs from China – out of eight on the calendar – are set in Wall Street’s four-day work week ahead of Easter and Passover. This fact follows the sharp selloff last week, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 1,149 points in the final two days. The slide was triggered by fears of a […]

All eyes are on the Dropbox (DBX proposed) IPO this week, but the parade of the IPO unicorns has started. One was priced last week and scored a moonshot opening-day gain. That was Zscaler (ZS) and the stock closed up 106.3 percent from its IPO price. As for Dropbox, people will have to wait until […]

The IPO market looks as if it is coming back to life – lifted by the wings of the NASDAQ Composite Index. The NASDAQ closed on Friday, March 9, 2018, at a record high, marking its recovery from its recent pullback. The NASDAQ ended Friday’s trading at 7,560.81, up 11.6 percent from 6,777.16 on Feb. […]

Spotify Technology (SPOT – proposed) hogged the headlines, but it was just one of seven new IPOs that popped through the SEC’s filing window last week with plans to raise about $3.3 billion. All this drama took place amid the turbulent U.S. stock market. For the financial press, Spotify’s filing on Wednesday of its long […]

All was quiet on the IPO front until late Friday, when Dropbox (DBX – proposed) lit up the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s filing window at 3:15 p.m. Dropbox, one of the largest unicorns waiting in the SEC’s “quiet filing” line, had just sent a jolt of electricity into the IPO market with its bid […]

The recent wave of program selling that swept through Wall Street carried the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 Index into “correction” territory, with the Dow losing 10.4 percent and the S&P 500 dropping 10.2 percent from their record highs. A 10 percent decline from a recent high is a correction, according to […]

When two of the three major U.S. stock market indexes swing from all-time closing highs into the cavern of a correction in less than two weeks, the IPO calendar can dry up. But maybe not this time around. This week’s IPO calendar lists seven deals and they expect to raise $556 million. Look for yourself […]

A 665.75-point drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average is significant, but not nearly as drastic as a 508.33-point drop from yesteryear. Today’s IPO market is waiting to see how things will play out after the Dow’s plunge on Friday. You’ll have to keep a close watch on this week’s calendar and the SEC’s filing […]