Category Archives: The IPO Buzz

The IPO Buzz: IPO Heat and Light

 
IPOs from three sectors – cloud computing, homebuilders and money-transfer companies – have been hot. But on Wall Street, it’s crucial to remember one thing: You are only as good as your last trade. This week’s new-issues calendar has a representative from each of these three sectors. Let’s take a look.
 
April 7, 2013 Read More

The IPO Buzz: An IPO Holiday Feast

Aunt Jemima, Birds Eye, Duncan Hines and other household names plan to go public this week. Not individually, but under the name of Pinnacle Foods  (PF– proposed) – and Pinnacle’s industrial sector has been cooking.  
 
March 24, 2013 Read More

The IPO Buzz: Signs of an IPO Spring

The calendar flips to spring this week, with eight IPOs expecting to raise $1.29 billion. The last time Wall Street saw an IPO calendar of this size was for the week of Feb. 4, 2013. That calendar expected to price eight IPOs and raise $1.38 billion. It didn’t turn out that way.
 
March 17, 2013 Read More

The IPO Buzz: Mild IPO Start for March

In like a lion, out like a lamb is the old saw about March. In the case of the IPO market, the reverse is true: It’s a mild start to the month, with just two deals on this week’s calendar – one a small-cap offering and the other a retread from the past. Nevertheless, for the first time since mid-February, IPOs are back in town. Or to paraphrase Gertrude Stein: A calendar is a calendar is a calendar.
 
March 3, 2013 Read More

The IPO Buzz: IPO Champions and Orphans

Behind every success story, there’s a pillar of strength. When it comes to IPOs, that strong suit boils down to one word – or acronym: JOBS. The JOBS Act of April 2012 has been good to the IPO market. Since April 25, 2012, the new-issues calendar has priced 100 IPOs. Their aftermarket performance has far outperformed the U.S. stock market’s major indexes.
 
February 18, 2013 Read More

The IPO Buzz: Five IPOs and a Speed Bump

This week’s calendar lists five IPOs expecting to raise about $255 million and then it becomes “clean and green.” That’s right. There is nothing on the calendar for the rest of the month. But not to worry – a mid- to end-of-February speed bump is becoming “normal” in this day and age.
 
February 10, 2013 Read More

The IPO Buzz: IPOs Built For Speed

Don’t believe the talk that the JOBS Act is slowing down the IPO traffic. It hasn’t. The numbers show the opposite. January 2013 was the busiest January in the last seven years. And February’s IPO market is looking to pick up where January left off.
 
February 3, 2013 Read More