Six IPOs are on tap this week – with nothing on the IPO Calendar for the rest of February – as another U.S. government shutdown looms if a bipartisan border security deal can’t be reached by midnight on Friday. Border talks hit a snag on Sunday, increasing the possibility that a second shutdown could occur. […]
February 10, 2019 Read MoreWhen the NYSE’s opening bell rings on Monday morning, Feb. 4, there will be an IPO calendar of six deals for the week. Three are blank check offerings and three are biotech companies. A half-dozen deals in a week may not seem like much, but based upon a 52-week calendar, that would amount to 312 […]
February 3, 2019 Read MoreThe word came from Washington on Friday afternoon that the U.S. government’s 35-day shutdown was over until Feb. 15th. That gives the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Wall Street bankers time to get back to work. But if you look closely, they already have. The IPO Calendar already has five names on it – […]
January 27, 2019 Read MoreThere are two unusual things shaping this week’s IPO market. When the sun came up today, Wall Street was closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the national holiday celebrating the birthday and the legacy of the slain civil rights leader. He would have turned 90 on Jan. 15th. When the U.S. stock market closes […]
January 21, 2019 Read MoreThe word around Wall Street is there will be no IPOs in January. But don’t believe everything you read. Look at the facts. The finger of blame points at the record shutdown of the U.S. government. (Monday will mark Day 24 of the government shutdown, making it the longest in U.S. history.) The shutdown put […]
January 13, 2019 Read More