Category Archives: The IPO Buzz

The traditional Thanksgiving holiday break has bitten into 2017’s IPO calendar, but that is normal. One “blank check” deal was priced and traded on Monday, Nov. 20, and there’s nothing on this week’s calendar. If history is any guide to the future, this is nothing to worry about, according to the U.S. Securities and Exchange […]

Ten IPOs, including a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) or “blank check” offering and a Reg. A+ IPO, popped off the new-issues production line last week. This week is cut short by the Thanksgiving Day break and the calendar features just one name – a “blank check” IPO. Let’s take a quick look at both the […]

November’s IPO parade marches into this week with 10 offerings expecting to raise $1.9 billion. The key question is: What to look for among nearly a dozen deals? Answer: Any company whose name starts with the letter “S” – and there are four of them. Last week’s calendar also generated 10 deals, which produced $1.56 […]

This week’s IPO calendar has three Chinese offerings and two bank deals among nine IPOs on tap. There’s also a mystery from last week. That was a rocky time in the Land of IPOs, but more on that in a minute. Let’s take a look at the coming week. For the week of Nov. 6, […]

What a difference a year makes. November 2017 is shaping up well. Nine IPOs are set for the first week. Bankers expect to raise almost $2 billion. Another three deals are on the IPO calendar for the following week of Nov. 6, 2017. That traffic is in sharp contrast to November 2016, when the IPO […]

The three major U.S. stock market indexes closed at record highs on Friday and the IPO calendar joined the gold rush. That traffic opened the door to the future: Welcome back, Chinese and technology IPOs. Let’s take a look. Last week’s calendar produced two Chinese IPOs that popped like New Year’s fireworks through Friday’s close […]

The eyes of the IPO market are on Asia this week and there is a tweak from the past. The calendar for the week of Oct. 16 shows four IPOs and all, according to the IPO experts, are reportedly “hot issues.” Three offerings are from the Far East. Nevertheless, some IPO services are reporting up […]

The IPO market is in sync with the harvest moon, the first one to occur in October since 2009. This year, the harvest moon lit up the sky in the Northern Hemisphere on Oct. 5th, instead of its more traditional timing in late September on or near the autumnal equinox. Bankers – perhaps borrowing a […]

Wall Street closed Friday, Sept. 29, 2017, mostly at record highs. Two of the three major U.S. stock market indexes moved into the history books, and the IPO market was running with the bulls. Now for a quick look. At the close on Friday, the last trading day of 2017’s third quarter: The Dow Jones […]

Magic came to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s filing window last week. Ten companies filed for IPOs to raise $2.76 billion; seven more filed updated amendments to raise $1.5 billion, and eight IPOs were priced. Seven IPOs are scheduled this week – the first week of fall. Among the magical filings last week was […]