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Initial public offering

Referring to the process of transforming a private company into a public company by selling shares of its stock to the general public for the first time on a securities exchange.

Contributors in Initial public offering

Initial public offering

Convertible/hi-yield report

Banking; Initial public offering

One of the IPOfn Money Managers/Traders Package reports that lists all Convertible debt securities and Hi-Yield securities sometimes referred to a junk bonds.

Units

Banking; Initial public offering

A group of securities, generally from the same company, that are bundled together and sold as a single piece. They usually consist of shares of common stock plus shares of warrants.

Use of proceeds

Banking; Initial public offering

How the company plans to use the monies it generated from an IPO or Secondary.

Secondary analysis

Banking; Initial public offering

One of the IPOfn Money Managers/Traders Package reports that list secondary offerings that are scheduled to come to market with information on historical performance of the underwriter and of the ...

Sector breakdown

Banking; Initial public offering

One of the IPOfn Money Managers/Traders Package reports that lists all IPOs and secondary's by their individual groups and brings into clear focus various market inefficiencies within those sectors.

Sector index

Banking; Initial public offering

One of the IPOfn Money Managers/Traders Package reports that groups the various finite business sectors into a broader sector grouping for the sake of simplicity. It accompanys the Sector Breakdown ...

Sell side

Banking; Initial public offering

That group of financial participants that are generating commissions as a source of income. This is most often associated with brokers.

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