The IPO Buzz: Stars in the Spring IPO Skies
Technology companies are the shining stars in the spring IPO skies. Last week’s calendar produced a moonshot and a starburst while the pending Facebook (FB – proposed) IPO is waiting in the wings.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The IPO Buzz: On the IPO Comeback Trail
Don’t look now. We might – just might have – an IPO market. The signs are there.
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.