IPOs and Secondaries

IPOs and Secondaries Articles

We have had at least 3 IPOs pricing today.  On deck are Calix Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: CALX), MaxLinear Inc. (NYSE: MXL), and First Interstate BancSystem Inc. (NASDAQ: FIBK).  What makes today...
The secondaries are coming! The secondaries are coming!  Actually, that should be that the secondary offering wave is still coming on strong.  Early last week we gave a deep review of 16...
This week week may have been a record for any recent period on how many secondary offerings came to market combined with how many specific filings were made to raise funds for public companies.  And...
Trina Solar Limited (NYSE: TSL) is joining on the open floodgates of secondary offerings this week.  Yesterday we had filings for or pricing in almost 20 deals, and that number is greater now. ...
If you think you are alone in noticing that the markets have held up extremely well, you better take a look and see what managers and officers of public companies are doing on capital raises. There...
MagnaChip Semiconductor Corporation is coming public.  The maker of did not give formal terms of the offering but noted that it plans to sell up to $250 million in common stock.  The maker of...
KKR & CO. L.P. is back.  At least its IPO ambitions are.  Long live private equity! Long Live leveraged buyouts!  At least that is what the company wants you to think.  KKR plans to sell up...
We have three secondary offerings of note today, with two having an impact in the stock.  Comerica Incorporated (NYSE: CMA) is raising $800 million and Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUSQ) is...
Tower International, Inc., or Tower Automotive LLC, has just filed to come public in an IPO.  The company does not list any shares or or terms and did not list an exchange or a proposed stock...
If you have watched the earnings from solar power companies and other Cleantech companies in recent weeks, the obvious elephant in the room is the notion that there needs to be mergers in the aspects...
Anthera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANTH) is a very unusual Monday IPO.  The fact that it is being viewed as a dud has little to do with the day of the week.   Late last week, Anthera cut the...
Direxion is launching a new mutual fund to cover IPOs.  This is not an ETF and is not one of the leveraged instruments out there you have seen from Direxion.  The company is launching the Direxion...
This week brought about an interesting initial public offering filing from a company called Green Dot Corporation.  If you are looking for a beneficiary of hard times and a world where credit gets...
Reply! Inc., an operator of a proprietary auction marketplace that facilitates online locally targeted marketing, has filed today for an initial public offering.  While no financial terms were...
We have two small capital raises seen this morning in two alternative energy players.  These are also classified as cult stocks due to their small size and trading history.  Active Power, Inc....