Author Archives: John E. Fitzgibbon Jr.

The weather forecast for the Greater New York City area is for 12 to 18 inches of snow starting late Monday evening. That’s only fitting. Canada Goose Holdings (GOOS – proposed), a manufacturer of down parkas, is on this week’s IPO calendar and people have dubbed it as a “winner.” All told, there are four […]

Snap (SNAP) popped for an opening-day gain of 44 percent and closed the week with a jump of 59.4 percent from its IPO price. In came the phone calls from the media: “Will this spark the IPO market?” To date, all the magic fairy dust has been sprinkled on the market for the IPOs to […]

This week belongs to Snap (SNAP – proposed) and its blockbuster $3 billion IPO. Bankers plan to offer 200 million shares of Snap at $14 to $16 each. The deal is expected to be priced on Wednesday evening, March 1 – to trade Thursday morning, March 2, on the New York Stock Exchange under the […]

Last week it was Snap here, Snap there, everywhere a Snap, Snap. That’s right! Snap filed its proposed offering terms for its pending IPO. On Thursday morning, Feb. 16, Snap (SNAP – proposed) posted pricing terms to offer 200 million shares of Class A common stock at $14 to $16 each to raise $3 billion. […]

The three major U.S. stock market indexes closed Friday at all-time highs. The IPO calendar should be flying. It isn’t – and there are no deals in sight. But this is not the end of the world. Let’s turn back through the history book’s pages for an answer. When Congress passed the Jumpstart Our Business […]