Aftermath: Anatomy of a Yanked Public Offering
For David Coté , the cost of his company's failed initial public offering is measured in more than dollars. "If it hadn't been for the stress of the IPO ... Read story
Financial Markets
1980 Inc. 100 Stock Market Performance
Note: This table may be divided, and additional information on a particular entry may appear on more than one screen. Bid/close P/E ratio<... Read story
A Flood Of Tax Proposals: A Flood Of Opportunities
President Reagan's landslide election and the unexpected change in power in the Senate has stirred up a lot of activity in both houses of Congress. As a ... Read story
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 story
New Stocks Are Paying Off
A six-year survey of initial public offerings shows that more companies are going public and their stocks are doing well afferwards. Read story
The 1979 Inc. 100: Tracking The 24-month Stock Performance
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The Second 100 Are Tops In The Market
INC.'s Second 100 left other investments in the dust by returning 115% in the past year. Read story
Legal Distraction Kills IPO
Company: Optiva Inc. 500 Ranking: #2, 1996; #1, 1997; #81, 1998; #426, 1999 Cause of IPO de... Read story
Poof IPO Goes Up in Smoke
Company: SimStar Digital Media Inc. 500 Ranking: #430, 1999 Cause of IPO death: A ... Read story
The Second 100 Are Tops In The Market
INC.'s Second 100 left other investments in the dust by returning 115% in the past year. Read story
Knowing The Options
Why give stock options rather than stock? Federal Document Clearing House (FDCH), an electronic publisher of news and information, found out by trial and ... Read story
An End And A Beginning
Our new IPO Monitor will help new issue watchers keep track where it matters most: in the aftermarket. Read story
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 story
Weighing the Benefits of Hitting the IPO Road
Initial Considerations For quite some time, the strong bull market has distracted the public's eye. One symptom of this is that ta... Read story
IPO Alternatives: SEC Registration Exemptions
Sometimes, a company that needs more funding may not be quite prepared for an initial public offering. In such an instance, the company may consider a mor... Read story
IPO Basics: A Road Map
Registration Statement Before a company may offer its shares for sale, it must first file a registration statement with the Securi... Read story
IPO Basics: Investment Bankers, Underwriters, and Other Key Players
The Beauty Contest - Investment Bankers Despite its moniker, the beauty contest should not be taken lightly. During this pageant, ... Read story
IPOs: How Soon and How Much?
Timing the Market A number of factors can affect the success of an initial public offering. A company may have some control over c... Read story
Step To The Head Of The Line
Suddenly, banking has become competitive. And bankers see small business as the most profitable kind of business. Read story
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INC.'s roundup of market data provides instant reference to the behavior of the common stocks of small companies. The INC. Index is derived from the stoc... Read story
Small Company Initial Public Offerings: October 1981
The INC. Index is derived from the stock prices of 55 growth corporations (see INC., September 1981, page 148). Initial public offerings are tabulated f... Read story
Make The Most Of Your Money
"Aggressive cash management is important to a small company like Retech," says James Mayfield, controller of the Ukiah, Calif., engineering firm. Re... Read story
Lost In The Wilderness
I would like to point out an error in the IPO Monitor (Investing in Growth Companies, November 1981). Wilderness Experience went public in April with an ... Read story
Street Talk
Morty Weiss was trading Polaroid and Xerox stock back in 1946. In those days, Polaroid was marketing a windshield system that cut down glare, and Xerox w... Read story
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They may never replace traditional venture capital, but for some companies these deals are a better way to raise money. Read story
Bank Finds Loophole In Interest Rates
Hunting for loopholes in interest rate regulations seems to be a popular new sport among bankers trying to attract small business deposits. Last November... Read story
Small Company Initial Public Offerings: January 1982
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How Interest Rates Compare
Here are some representative interest rates as reported in March. The relationships among them change daily, so check current yields before committing mo... Read story
Put Your Idle Cash To Work
There are several good places to keep your company's cash when it isn't being used. And a checking account isn't one of them. Read story
Hot Tip: Don't Believe the (Analysts') Hype
If a big, newly public competitor of yours is getting good press, don't be alarmed about some new threat. First, do a little background check befo... Read story
How Employees Value (Often Incorrectly) Their Stock Options
One of the more intriguing changes in executive and employee compensation is the increase in the use of stock options. Although much of the discussion abo... Read story
Dow 3000, By Thomas Blamer And Richard Shulman. Wyndham, 1230 Avenue Of The Americas, New York, Ny 10020; 206 Pp., $13.95.
Tow investment professionals predict a big market rally by 1990, inspired by "powerful" influences. (They had better be powerful, with the DJI closer to ... Read story
Take Stock In The Futures
Betting on the future level of market indexes isn't a game for the timid. But stock futures have their conservative side as well. Read story
Coming To Terms With Marks And Francs
It's easier to export in dollars, but overseas companies won't always let you get away with it. Read story
A Sweeter Way To Give Up Equity
Conductor Corp. had to give up equity to raise cash. But performance will determine how much venture capital investors ultimately get. Read story
Exiting Through an Initial Public Offering
Although this exit strategy is an option for only a select group of entrepreneurial companies, its rewards are well worth the careful planning required. Read story
New Ways to Retain and Reward Employees (Hint: We're Not Talking Stock Options)
In the wake of media reports about abuse of stock options, some technology firms are rethinking the incentives they use to compensate valuable employees. Mea... Read story
Making Debentures Work As A Perk
Consider convertible debentures as a tool for rewarding -- and retaining -- valued employees. Read story
Futures Found Overseas
INC. is in error in the statement "The first-ever stock index futures contract was introduced to public trading by the Kansas City Board of Trade on Febru... Read story
Foreign Stocks With An American Flavor
These companies are headquartered overseas, but do a big chunk of their business in the U.S. Read story
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