Last week the markets were undeniably focused on the Facebook IPO. Many investors considered its lackluster debut a huge disappointment. I admit even I thought all that hype could turn the new issue into a lottery ticket for early investors, but I’ve never thought highly of the company and I explained why you shouldn’t invest [...]
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3 Stocks That Are Headed For A Correction
The IPO market looks to be warming back up as the level of companies filing to go public is at its highest since pre-2008. Now with Facebook, one of the most followed IPOs of all time, the focus is squarely on new offerings. There are a lot of ways to make money from initial public [...]
Posted in Investing, Stocks, Trading
Tagged DDMG, Digital Domain Media Group, IMI, Intermolecular, market, Mattress Firm Holding Corp, MFRM, Stocks
It’s Time To Sell These 3 Recent IPOs
Recently the IPO market has shown signs of life, with more and more companies looking to break into the public markets. New, more relaxed regulations for smaller companies and a stock market that has been steadily recovering after the 2008 recession, have made it easier for businesses to make the transition from a private company [...]
Posted in Investing, IPO, Stocks
Tagged ANGI, Angie's List, Delphi Automotive, DLPH, IPO, lockup, Manning & Napier, MN, Stock
The “Other” IPO To Start Trading This Week
This company operates in a completely different space than Facebook, but while other companies are postponing their IPO’s or withdrawing them all together, one is still looking to start trading this week. Maybe because the offering is so small there will still be plenty of available capital to participate in the IPO. It hopes to [...]
When To “Unfriend” Facebook Stock
If you have been living in a cave for the past couple years, let me bring you up to speed. Facebook (FB) is going public this week. The excitement surrounding the IPO has been the highest I can remember since Google went public in 2004. The two words being thrown around last week were “highly [...]
Why This Hotel Stock Will Bounce On A Bigger Summer Box Office
This year’s movie box office has started far better than last year and close to the record setting 2010. Blockbuster’s like “The Hunger Games” and “The Avengers” are still setting records both domestically and internationally. The first quarter of this year saw total domestic box office hit $2,584,270,000, compared to 2011 which saw the first quarter come [...]
