Category Archives: The IPO Buzz

The IPO Buzz: Friday’s IPO Quintet

 
Five of this week’s seven new faces on the calendar are scheduled to start trading on Friday morning. And as the nursery rhyme says, “Friday’s child is loving and giving.” This is what the IPO handicappers are expecting from Friday’s offerings.
 
April 15, 2012 Read More

The IPO Buzz: Thursday’s IPO Countdown

Five of this week’s eight IPOs are scheduled to start trading on Thursday morning. That’s deep into the week. And as the nursery rhyme says, Thursday’s child has a long way to go. The IPO handicappers are not looking for any opening-day moonshots, but there are a few interesting names on the calendar.
 
April 8, 2012 Read More

The IPO Buzz: Flying the Tech IPO Skies

 
Technology was king in the U.S. stock markets during this year’s first quarter. The Nasdaq Composite Index posted an 18.7 percent gain for Q1, the best showing by any of the three major U.S. stock market indexes. In the background, the IPO Class of 2012 was up 32.8 percent and the technology sector scored a 58.8 percent gain. If this wasn’t enough, the world is anxiously waiting for Facebook to announce its offering terms and pricing date.
 
April 1, 2012 Read More

The IPO Buzz: Behind the IPO “March Madness”

It’s the IPO market’s own version of “March Madness.” This week’s traffic could be the busiest since December 2010. There are nine deals on the calendar, which puts the month on track to be the second-busiest March since 2000.
 
March 25, 2012 Read More

The IPO Buzz: An IPO Spring Prelude

Just ahead of the first day of spring, this week’s IPO Express rolls into the Wall Street Station with seven deals on board. One is from this year’s sizzling sector, while another is from a group that has fallen from grace.
March 18, 2012 Read More

The IPO Buzz: When IPO Bankers Work Overtime

 
Wall Street’s equities syndicate desks burned the midnight oil last week. Bankers got two IPOs priced and brought 15 secondary offerings to market. But that’s not all. They filed plans for four companies to go public, filed 11 amendments for IPOs updating their registration statements, and put three deals on this week’s new-issues calendar.
 
March 11, 2012 Read More

The IPO Buzz: Behind the IPO Tech Headlines

Facts show technology IPOs have been the driving force in this year’s new issues market. You won’t see any tech deals this week. But that doesn’t change this year’s hottest trend. Next week, there could be another fire-breathing tech dragon on the calendar; more about that later.
 
March 4, 2012 Read More

The IPO Buzz: Harvesting the IPO Clouds

 
A cloud swept over Wall Street last week and rained dollars on the IPO parade. Only one deal got out the door, but it had ties to cloud computing. Its stock soared for an opening-day gain of 30 percent. And guess what? There’s another IPO on this week’s calendar with ties to cloud computing.
 
February 19, 2012 Read More