IPOs and Secondaries

IPOs and Secondaries Articles

Renren Inc. (NYSE: RENN) has been an absolutely brutal initial public offering.  Since “The Facebook of China” came public it has only had one real positive trading session of its nine trading...
Facebook has remained an elusive IPO so far.  The company has maintained that this IPO would not likely be in 2011, but CNBC’s Kate Kelly has just reported that Facebook executives have had...
The headlines throughout the day on internet stocks may read “Google Raising Cash” after its automatic shelf registration.  Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) did file an automatic shelf registration...
The U.S. is about to get another electronic exchange listed as a public stock.  BATS Global Markets, Inc. wants to come public and has just filed for an initial public offering.  The exchange will...
Glencore International AG has picked an interesting time to come public, and the IPO set for next week is already getting more interesting.  While Reuters has reported that the firm is cutting off...
There are two recent initial public offerings where an apology is due to investors by both the companies which came public and by their underwriters.  It is not fair to just automatically expect...
After some of the IPOs we have seen in recent days, it is no wonder that some investors are scared to play in the realm of IPOs.  Now there is a new poor man’s IPO that is taking a bite out of...
Renren Inc. (NYSE: RENN) was one where being cautious almost looked and felt silly going into the IPO.  After all, it was supposed to be “The Facebook of China” and anything tied to social...
American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) is seeing a mixed reaction this morning to the news that the U.S. Treasury is set to sell about 300 million shares with an implied value of close to $9...
FriendFinder Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: FFN) has managed to price its initial public offering, albeit at the lower end of its expected price range.  The company is the adult-themed social networking...
Skype is no longer going to be one of our Top 17 IPOs to Watch in 2011 any longer… Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) has wiggled in and cut Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Facebook out of their...
Freescale Semiconductor Holdings is closer to its IPO.  It has now set the initial terms for the initial public offering and it plans to trade under the ticker “FSL” on the New York Stock...
LinkedIn Corporation is now much closer to coming public as it has set the terms for its initial public offering.  The company has set the initial offering terms at 7.84 million shares or 9.016...
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) is holding up better than we might have expected following its secondary offering.  The coffee conglomerate traded above $78.00 briefly this week...
NetQin Mobile Inc. (NYSE: NQ), China’s leading mobile security software player, is debuting in its initial public offering today.  Unfortunately, the reception is far from hot compared to some of...