The IPO Buzz: IPO Haves and Have-Nots
The 2012 IPO market is emerging as one that’s split between the “haves” and the “have nots.” Last week’s filings and this week’s calendar show examples of each.
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The IPO Buzz: Sweet February for IPOs
January’s IPO traffic was slow with just three deals priced, but February is a different story. The calendar is already brimming with 14 new issues that could raise as much as $2 billion. Waiting in the wings is a possible Facebook IPO filing.
The IPO Buzz: IPO Clouds with Silver Linings
You might want to bookmark the evening of Tuesday, Jan. 24. That’s when Guidewire Software looks to price its IPO. It will be the first cloud-computing company to go public this year. The industrial sector has been hot.
The IPO Buzz: Best IPO Outlook in 7 Years
When the IPO Express pulls into town this week, it will be on schedule with past years. And 2012 is shaping up to be a good year. One deal is onboard for this week and two for next. And since the first of the year, 23 companies have either filed plans to go public, or announced expected pricing terms or filed updated amendments.
The IPO Buzz: Fat Cats and IPO Fees
Wall Street’s greed was the target of a December 19th story about the Zynga (ZNGA) IPO. The financial media reported underwriters pocketed $32.5 million in fees while investors took a shellacking when the stock tanked. This was, of course, classic Mark Twain.
The IPO Buzz: Floating on the IPO Clouds
There are two things we know will happen during the coming year. First, the sun will come up in the morning and next, the media drumbeat will continue for a Facebook IPO. But there are some happy clouds floating in the IPO skies that are being overlooked.
The IPO Buzz: The IPO Blame Game
When the stock market sells off, as it did last week, securities analysts can attract a lot of attention by slamming a company. It proved to be more newsworthy to pick on the defenseless, such as Zynga (ZNGA), the social game developer, which made its public debut on Friday, Dec. 16.
The IPO Buzz: Hottest IPO Week of the Year
The IPO market normally closes down by mid-December so this week’s calendar wraps up 2011 with a blaze of lightning and a clap of thunder to produce the busiest week of the year.
The IPO Buzz: Zynga and an IPO Explosion
When the stock market surged to its sharpest single-week gain in well over two-and-a-half years, there was not an IPO in sight. That picture is about to change. Bankers are looking to price 14 deals over the next two weeks and expect to raise $3.5 billion in proceeds.
The IPO Buzz: Life Cycle of the Groupon IPO
When Groupon (GRPN) broke issue price last week, the naysayers who had predicted it took a victory lap around the IPO Arena. But the life cycle of the IPO has not yet been played out.