Category Archives: The IPO Buzz

A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon, there’s serious money involved. This week’s IPO calendar has nine offerings, with bankers expecting to raise more than $2.1 billion. Five IPOs are on for next week, aiming to raise another $1.1 billion. 

 

Last week’s calendar gave us pops, flops and one IPO that traded on both sides of heaven’s gate. The six IPOs raised $1.86 billion. This week, it’s a much different story.

 

 

Wall Street is looking to raise almost $2 billion from this week’s IPO calendar. That’s well above the average weekly volume of $725 million over the last 10 years.

 

Technology is finally elbowing its way into 2013’s IPO calendar. One small-cap offering was priced last week, and this week’s only deal is another technology IPO.

 

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.