American Stock Exchange LLC

Competitive Markets

"Taking Stock" (June) was informative and entertaining. One factual error, however, is that I was reported to have predicted the demise of the American St...  Read more

Big Board chairman John J. Phelan Jr. may have to stick with "melt-down," since he is credited with being first to apply that description to the stock mar...  Read more

Stocking Up On Capital Gains;

For the first time in three years, INC.'s annual academic exercise -- buying $100 worth of stock in each of its hundred fast-growing corporations -- has t...  Read more

Street Talk

In mid-November -- the date to which INC.'s tables are plotted -- there was cause for much popping of corks. For the first time since INC. began publishin...  Read more

Investing In Growth Companies;

Like the weather, the fortunes of fast-growth stocks can change overnight. Witness the rebound of this year's INC. 100 portfolio.  Read more

There wasn't any empirical reason for it, actually, since historically the year following the election of a Republican President is bearish. But last Nov...  Read more

A Stock Reply

The omission of American Stock Exchange stocks from the performance ranking of 21 investment opportunities that you reprinted from FACT magazine (Your Mon...  Read more

Who Says Stocks Can't Beat Inflation?

While the Consumer Price Index grew by 25%, stock prices of the original INC. 100 nearly doubled.  Read more

It is a traditional turn in an intermediate-term rally, such as the one begun last August, that as the rally wanes the more speculative issues come to the...  Read more

Anyone who doubts that the rally to record highs in the first quarter of 1985 was speculative in nature has only to check the characteristics of the leadi...  Read more

Small Company Initial Public Offerings: June 1985

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Small Company Initial Public Offerings: May 1985

Note: This table may be divided, and additional information on a particular entry may appear on more than one screen. Offering First O-...  Read more

A Money Game For Grown-ups

You have $40,000. You can keep it in cash, or you can assemble a portfolio of any stocks you choose. Trading is about to begin, and your job is to manage ...  Read more

Investing In Growth Companies;

On Tuesday, August 17, the Dow Jones Industrial Average made its largest one-day gain in history. So did the Standard & Poor 500 (by a spectacular 34%...  Read more

Street Talk

Near the beginning of summer when the statistics on this page were gathered, the world was a sorry place indeed. There seemed to be something of a War-of...  Read more

In Our Time

A timeline listing some of the most significant events in business from 1979 to 1999.  Read more

The Perils Of Being Public

For a young company on the fast track, going public can be a powerfully attractive option. But the public markets also can hold risks that a company is p...  Read more

On the first anniversary of 1982's spectacular market launch, stocks were on their way down. But the nature of any market -- bull or bear -- is to correct...  Read more

IPO Basics: Stock Exchanges and Securities Laws

Stock Exchanges Founded in 1792, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is home to some of America's best-known corporations. Its rost...  Read more

Small Company Initial Public Offerings: July 1985

Note: This table may be divided, and additional information on a particular entry may appear on more than one screen. Offering O-T-C ...  Read more

A Profitable Exchange

A summary of the differences between stock exchanges and their minimum listing requirements and 1992 IPOs.  Read more

Effective Boards

Reasons for establishing a board of advisers and tips on adviser compensation.  Read more

Push 'Em Back

A look at the early history of pushtechnology that started with stock market ticker tape machines.  Read more

Taking Stock

These days, companies like Apple Computer, MCI, and Tandem are choosing to remain over-the-counter, and the American Stock Exchange, for one, is fighting mad.  Read more

Over The Counter And Into The Fees

Only rarely does a company choose to jettison a lofty listing on the New York Stock Exchange or the American Stock Exchange in favor of joining the over-t...  Read more

Inc. 100 Market Performance

1982 Mean High/Low $100 Rank Company (symbol) 3/81 3/82...  Read more

Follow the Money

An associate professor at NYU explains what the associated costs were for one small business to go public.  Read more

Striking Out With VCs?

You're not alone. As venture capitalists become more risk averse, more early-stage companies are tapping the hot hedge fund market.  Read more

The Inner City 100 Profiles: 51-60

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Capital: Shell Game

Now that the window for initial public offerings has all but closed, more Wall Street-bound companies are flirting with controversial reverse mergers.  Read more

Raising Capital: Choosing the Right Financial Partner

A look at how important it is to find the right investors to raise growth capital.  Read more

Meet Lillian Vernon

Lillian Vernon is the founder and chief executive officer of Lillian Vernon Corp., a leading specialty catalog and online retailer that m...  Read more

In Search Of The Retentive Incentive

What is that combination of money and recognition that makes good employees want to stay?  Read more

Qa: Insider Trading

Mention insider trading" to a friend at a cocktail party, and he or she is likely to look around to be sure no one is listening in. The phrase conjures u...  Read more

Tv Gets Down To Business

There is nothing exceptional about the outside of the graffiti-scarred garage on New York's West Side. But inside Matrix Studios, an entrepreneurial gambl...  Read more

The China Hedge

It seems simple: If you fear that Chinese competition will hurt your business, why not invest in Chinese companies?  Read more

Investing In Growth Companies;

Our portfolio of INC. 100 stocks is only hypothetical. Lucky for us.  Read more

Street Talk

Taken as a whole, the stock market usually is not a great leveler that gives everyone an equal return on investment. Rather, for the most part, various in...  Read more

How Growth Stocks Perform In A Bear Market

While the high-flying, high-tech stocks have taken a dive recently, you can bet they won't stay down.  Read more

Motion Without Movement

A diary of official Washington in the midst of an economic crisis  Read more