Author Archives: Jan Paschal

The Fed is in focus this week. One SPAC was priced Monday night (Sept. 19, 2022) to trade today. Wall Street’s attention, though, is on the Federal Reserve and its fight to curb inflation. The FOMC’s two-day meeting began today (Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022). Most Wall Street pros expect the Fed to raise the key […]

Corebridge Financial, Inc. (CRBG) priced its IPO – the biggest of the year – at $21, the low end of its $21-to-$24 range, on Wednesday night (Sept. 14, 2022). All 80 million shares – all offered by Corebridge Financial’s parent, AIG – were sold. The IPO raised $1.7 billion. But Corebridge will not see a […]

Corebridge Financial, Inc. (CRBG proposed) tops the IPO marquee this week. The AIG spin-off’s initial public offering – estimated at $1.8 billion – is the biggest deal of the year, exceeding TPG, Inc.’s (TPG) $1 billion IPO in January. Bankers plan to price the Corebridge IPO on Wednesday night (Sept. 14, 2022) – right on […]

Labor Day week’s four-day run is wrapping up with one IPO – Yoshiharu Global Co. (YOSH) – upsized to 2.94 million shares and priced on Thursday night, Sept. 8, 2022, at $4.00, the low end of its $4.00-to-$5.00 range.  Yoshiharu raised $11.76 million by selling 490,000 more shares than the 2.45 million in the prospectus. […]

Talk about an entrance. Corebridge Financial, Inc. (CRBG proposed) woke up the IPO market with the news after Tuesday’s closing bell that its initial public offering aims to raise $1.8 billion – making it the largest IPO of the year. Not a penny will go to the retirement and life insurance services company. American International […]

There’s no dance floor at the NASDAQ, but maybe there should be. Hempacco Co. Inc. (HPCO), a hemp cigarette maker, opened at $38.00 at 10 a.m. EDT in its NASDAQ debut today (Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022) – up $32.00 for a gain of 533.33 percent from its $6.00 IPO price. Volume: 68,311 shares, NASDAQ records show. The stock hit […]

If you always wanted to channel your inner Cheech & Chong, now’s your chance. Hempacco Co. Inc. (HPCO proposed), a hemp cigarette maker, priced its IPO tonight (Monday, Aug. 29, 2022) at $6.00 and sold 1 million shares, matching the terms in the prospectus. The tiny IPO raised $6.0 million. The stock is expected to start […]

Israel, China and the healthcare sector are in play today (Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022) as Wall Street starts to wrap things up for the last full week of August. Up to six IPOs are set for pricing tonight with combined IPO proceeds estimated at $126.53 million. Two Israeli companies are in the mix today: –Mobilicom […]

To the moon and beyond: Starbox Group Holdings Limited (STBX) surged to $27.00 – up $23.00 from its $4.00 IPO price for a gain of 575 percent – in its opening trade at 10:52 a.m. EDT today (Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022) on the NASDAQ, according to NASDAQ records. That’s more than a moonshot. (When a stock […]

GigaCloud Technology (GCT) shares soared 73.22 percent in their NASDAQ debut today – touching an intraday high of $21.22, up $8.97 from their $12.25 IPO price. The flight took off at the opening trade. GigaCloud Technology shares opened at $19.20 on Thursday (Aug. 18, 2022). At the first tick, the stock was up $6.95 or 56.73 […]