IPOs and Secondaries

IPOs and Secondaries Articles

2010 has been a positive year for the markets.  IPOs and secondary offerings have been plentiful, debt offerings have been plentiful, and restructurings continue.  Many spin-offs have been...
Swift Transportation Co. (NASDAQ: SWFT) is set come public this week, and that should read “come public again.”  The trucking giant is coming back as a public company on Wednesday after shares...
The demand for Chinese IPOs in America is hot.  The light-emitting diodes (LEDs) market is also one that has major opportunities for energy efficiency and growth investing ahead.  Marrying LEDs and...
Dean Foods Co. (NYSE: DF) has been an awful stock for investors in the dairy sector in 2010.  Shares are actually down more than 50% from the year’s high.  This morning saw an interesting release...
We have another IPO from China today that may look like a NASDAQ IPO but it is a New York Stock Exchange IPO.  E-commerce China Dangdang Inc. (NYSE: DANG) priced at a premium for its initial public...
An SEC filing right after the close of trading on Monday is showing that the Treasury is set to unload shares of Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C).  The filing did not disclose how much is being sold...
Teekay Offshore Partners LP (NYSE: TOO) is the latest among many companies seeking to raise capital.  The company has announced plans to sell some 5.6 million public units in a secondary offering on...
Green Dot Corporation (NYSE: GDOT) has been one of the better IPO outcomes for 2010. It was just on July 21, 2010 that the prepaid credit card company sold 4.6 million shares at $36.00 per share. ...
A new IPO is out and it makes a living off of the world of FOREX, which also happens to be the largest financial market in the world.  FXCM Inc. (NASDAQ: FXCM) priced 15.1 million shares of common...
Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ: CLWR) needs more capital.  The company has just announced that its Clearwire Communications LLC operating subsidiary plans to raise over $1.1 billion in new capital. ...
Sequenom, Inc. (NASDAQ: SQNM) became a very painful stock for many investors after the problems surfaced over its test results.  While things have recovered substantially at the company, pressure...
Advanced Battery Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ABAT) is taking a small hit this morning on news that it is raising capital.  The developer of rechargeable polymer lithium-ion batteries and electric...
Stillwater Mining Co. (NYSE: SWC) has seen a large run this year due to it being a miner in platinum and palladium.  It has also gotten back up close to multi-year highs before a recent small...
One of the largest expected initial public offerings in the oil patch is now likely to be seen.  We have been expecting this as a contingent IPO for some time and it appears to be on the calendar...
General Motors Corporation (NYSE: GM) may have been one of the top IPOs of American history.  It was also one of the biggest bankruptcies in American history.  S&P Equity Research has decided...