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The IPO Buzz: Sweet 16
By: John E. Fitzgibbon, Jr.
The IPO market is back in the saddle after its traditional July 4th holiday break. The filings are building, the calendar is filling up and there are a few “little doggies” that could be worth carving out from the herd.
IPO Traffic: Weeks Ending July 2 and July 9, 2010
The IPO Buzz: Dream Machine
By: John E. Fitzgibbon, Jr.
“Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines,” will be heard from the public address system at the IPO Speedway this week. Tesla Motors (TSLA – proposed) will lead the new-issues race and the betting is that it will get the winner’s checkered flag.
IPO Traffic: Week Ending June 25, 2010
The IPO Buzz: No Time to Get Carried Away
By: John E. Fitzgibbon, Jr.
Wall Street begins in a graveyard, ends in a river and the road sign points “one way.” About a hundred yards east from the Trinity Church graveyard stands the New York Stock Exchange at the corner of Broad and Wall Street. The deals on this week’s IPO calendar expect to trade on the NYSE.
One IPO is from the financial industry and the other from the technology industry. Each sector has produced more deals this year than from any of the other 10 industries.
IPO Traffic: Week Ending June 18, 2010
The IPO Buzz: Sizing Up the Jockey
By: John E. Fitzgibbon, Jr.
“If” you don’t know the horse, bet the jockey” has been the cliché around racetracks for generations. Wall Street’s new-issues calendar is much the same. This week, there’ll be five IPO ponies thundering down the homestretch. And the favorite plus two others will be booted home by the same jockey — make that the same banker.
IPO Traffic: Week Ending June 11, 2010
The IPO Buzz: Last Call for Alcohol
By: John E. Fitzgibbon, Jr.
One deal on this week’s IPO calendar strikes at the very heart of investing. There can be a difference between a company’s fundamentals and the price of its common stock. Sometimes they come together — sometimes they don’t.