This week’s calendar has seven IPOs expected to raise about $1.5 billion. The focus is on one. It is Ferrari (RACE – proposed), the Italian luxury sports car manufacturer. Here is the buzz: Monday, the books close. Tuesday, it is to be priced. Wednesday, it starts trading on The New York Stock Exchange. That pretty […]
October 18, 2015 Read MoreThis week’s calendar of 10 IPOs is expected to raise over $5.3 billion. That looks impressive. But looks can be deceiving. A caveat: The IPO market reaches a fork in the road Thursday morning. It is a showdown between buyers and sellers over two blockbuster offerings. Here is the background: Today’s stock market, as measured by […]
October 11, 2015 Read MoreIt’s become quite apparent that the stock market and the biotech sector have taken their toll on IPOs. Nevertheless, the new-issue calendar is far from dead. Let’s recap what has been happening in the financial markets, as measured by the popular indexes. The U.S. stock market has slipped into a correction (a pullback of 10 […]
October 4, 2015 Read MoreAgainst the backdrop of a volatile stock market, an IPO calendar of 16 deals is emerging. They aim to raise nearly $4 billion in the coming weeks, depending upon market conditions. Speaking of volatility, it looks like uncharted territory. Veteran investment professionals don’t recall a time before now with triple-digit daily fluctuations – up or […]
September 27, 2015 Read MoreThis week’s IPO calendar opens Monday evening with the pricing of a “blank check” offering, which is expected to start trading Tuesday morning. The week’s IPO run ends on Thursday evening with the pricing of a small-cap offering, which is expected to start trading Friday morning. Between the two dates is Yom Kippur, the most […]
September 20, 2015 Read More