IPOs and Secondaries

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The analyst who upgraded E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) at Citigroup is probably not feeling as confident as compared to about an hour ago.  Citi raised its rating to BUY from Hold...
We have a whole host of stocks and sectors to watch throughout this coming week.  We have Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (NYSE: GT) and Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. (NYSE: CTB) to watch on some...
Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE: ABX) is going to be taking an action which has mixed implications for shares of Barrick versus the overall gold play now that the shiny yellow metal is hitting...
Cree, Inc. (NASDAQ: CREE) is raising cash.  The company, which makes lighting-class LEDs, LED lighting, and semiconductor solutions for wireless and power applications, announced that it is selling...
We have seen many significant developments in recent days regarding the field of M&A in form of Special Purpose Acquisition Companies, or SPACs.  SPACUpdate.com sent us some key data on Secure...
Cobalt International Energy Inc. has now filed to come public via an initial public offering.  While terms were not disclosed, it said it would sell up to $1.15 billion worth of common stock. ...
Beacon Power Corporation (NASDAQ: BCON) has just filed to raise up to $60 million in cash in a mixed securities shelf registration.  The company’s shelf filing will allow it to sell any...
GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc., and online provider of retail foreign exchange trading and related services with the FOREX.COM portal, has just filed to come public via an initial public offering.  The...
Plains Capital Corporation, a Texas-company involved in banking, mortgage origination and financial advisory, has filed to come public via an initial public offering of its common stock.  While no...
There is quite a bit changing in the land of special purpose acquisition companies, a.k.a. SPACs. We have been provided some key special purpose acquisition data by SPACupdate.com, which tracks major...
Vitacost.com, Inc. has set the terms for its upcoming IPO.  The online and catalog seller of vitamins, supplements, and other personal care products is selling 11 million shares, with 4,495,987...
We have already noted on numerous occasions how the floodgates for re-sales or re-IPO’s of old private equity acquisitions have to come back on the market.  And now we have the first of many large...
It is one thing that we had two fairly large IPOs this week.  But the flood of public secondary stock offerings is almost running at alarming levels when you consider that these share sales are...
Emdeon Inc. (NYSE: EM) is today’s ‘other’ initial public offering.  The company priced 23,700,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $15.50 per share. Not all proceeds are going back...
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE: STWD) has priced its initial public offering of 40,500,000 shares of common stock at a price of $20.00 per share.  This is an externally managed company and the...