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The IPO Buzz: Last Call for April’s IPOs
By: John E. Fitzgibbon, Jr.
As April rolls into its closing week, the IPO Calendar has three deals on the launching pad. Assuming that everything gets out the door, it would bring April’s new-issue traffic to 14 IPOs, the same number as in March. The last time more deals came to market over a two-month period in the same year was in November/December 2007 with 61 IPOs. Back then, there was a reason. The stock market had been flying, but more on this later.
IPO Traffic: Week Ending April 23, 2010
The IPO Buzz: For IPOs, Eight May Be Enough
By: John E. Fitzgibbon, Jr.
The nursery rhyme tells us Wednesday’s child is full of woe. Interestingly, Wall Street’s investment bankers plan to price all eight of their IPOs on Wednesday evening.
IPO Traffic: Week Ending April 16, 2010
The IPO Buzz: Room at the IPO Inn
By: John E. Fitzgibbon, Jr.
Investment bankers reach into a hot industrial sector this week to price a single deal. But the handicappers at the IPO Downs don’t see an opening-day moonshot in the cards.
IPO Traffic: Week Ending April 9, 2010
The IPO Buzz: For IPOs, Strength in Numbers
By: John E. Fitzgibbon, Jr.
Wall Street is a numbers game. Stocks are quoted in numbers, their indexes are defined by numbers and the IPO traffic is calculated in numbers. By the end of the first quarter of 2010, the new-issues numbers confirm the trend cited by the financial media: IPOs are back in town.
IPO Traffic: Week Ending April 2, 2010
The IPO Buzz: Tech IPOs Step into the Ring
By: John E. Fitzgibbon, Jr.
Technology IPOs duck through the ropes to headline this week’s card. They could produce some heavyweight excitement, according to investment professionals.