Author Archives: John E. Fitzgibbon Jr.

October 2018’s IPO market kicks off with six deals looking to raise $783.49 million. That’s not a bad October opening. If every week of October keeps up that pace, then this month would turn out about 25 IPOs. That’s an “above average” performance for October, based on records going back 17 years. Let’s take a […]

September’s IPO market is going out with a bang. The calendar has 13 new issues looking to raise over $1.1 billion this week.  If everything gets out the door, that will increase September 2018’s traffic to 26 IPOs. That will be the busiest September since 1999 when 43 IPOs were priced, according to the U.S. […]

The IPO market ended with a flop, a pop and a moonshot last week. This week features an IPO traffic jam: Six IPOs are set for pricing on Thursday night to raise almost $3.1 billion. The observance of Yom Kippur from sundown Tuesday through Wednesday evening all but closes Wall Street down. Worth noting: Three […]

The IPO market is dancing to Wall Street’s playbook. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chipped in with 14 filings last week: Four new companies moved into the IPO pipeline and 10 companies filed amendments to their prospectuses. Most of those names found themselves on the IPO Calendar, waiting to go public. From the […]

All you need to know about the IPO market can be found in two places. The first is the calendar. It tells you when IPOs are to be priced. The other place is the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing window. It tells you what is going into the IPO pipeline for future pricings. […]