This is how a stock is born

Posted by & filed under Company Analysis, Financial analysis, Governments & Regulators, Industry Analysis, Management Issues.

Description: As Alibaba goes public, the New York Stock Exchange could see the biggest business transaction in history. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Sep 18, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2014/09/18/alibaba-how-a-stock-is-born.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: How is a new stock introduced to the trading floor? Do you think this procedure enables a smoother transition to normal trading?

Alibaba IPO: It’s official—Wall Street wins, you will lose

Posted by & filed under Company Analysis, Financial analysis, Governments & Regulators, Growth & Valuation.

Description: Alibaba’s IPO pop was stupendous. Wall Street and its favorite clients get billions of dollars in found money. And those who let this happen should be thoroughly ashamed. Source: Fortune.com Date: Sep 19, 2014 Link: http://fortune.com/2014/09/19/alibaba-ipo-its-official-wall-street-wins-you-will-lose/ Questions for Discussions: What is the basis for the criticism in this report? Do you agree?

Alibaba Seeks $21.1 Billion in Record-Breaking U.S. IPO

Posted by & filed under Company Analysis, Financial analysis, Growth & Valuation, Industry Analysis.

Description: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., the e-commerce company whose fortunes surged along with China’s economy, plans an historic U.S. initial public offering that may also claim the global record. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: Sep 06, 2014 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-05/alibaba-seeks-21-1-billion-in-record-breaking-u-s-ipo-3-.html Questions for Discussions: Summarize the financial highlights described in this report that argue for and against the IPO… Read more »

Alibaba’s expected blockbuster IPO may mean garage sale of less attractive tech stocks

Posted by & filed under Company Analysis, Economic Analysis, Financial analysis, Growth & Valuation, Industry Analysis, Market Analysis.

Description: Investors are looking over portfolios to make room for Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holdings Inc’s market debut next month – and that means some less attractive stocks that funds are holding might be shown the door. Source: FinancialPost.com Date: Aug 26, 2014 Link: http://business.financialpost.com/2014/08/26/alibabas-expected-blockbuster-ipo-may-mean-garage-sale-of-less-attractive-tech-stocks/ Questions for Discussions: How might Alibaba’s IPO affect individual… Read more »

Meet the Father of the Modern IPO

Posted by & filed under Company Analysis, Industry Analysis, Management Issues.

Description: In 1984, Eric Dobkin was working for Goldman Sachs (GS), selling stocks to professional money managers, when he was handed an assignment: The bank ranked a lowly ninth in underwriting new stock offerings. Fix it. Source: Businessweek.com Date: May 15, 2014 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-05-15/eric-dobkin-father-of-the-modern-ipo#r=hpt-ls Questions for discussion: Summarize the way IPOs are handled today, according… Read more »

In Silicon Valley, Morgan Stanley Reigns

Posted by & filed under Company Analysis, Industry Analysis, Management Issues.

Description: The Wall Street analyst-turned-blogger Henry Blodget called it “a disaster.” The Wall Street Journal labeled it a “botched offering.” And after Facebook’s much-criticized initial public offering in May 2012, Morgan Stanley’s vaunted technology investment banking team, the lead underwriter on the deal, looked as if it were down for the count. Source: NYTimes.com Date:… Read more »

Tesla Looks Like a Bubble, Will It Pop?

Posted by & filed under Company Analysis, Financial analysis, Growth & Valuation, Industry Analysis, Management Issues.

Description: After years of being underappreciated by Wall Street, financial analysis’s are predicting ludicrous growth rates for Elon Musk’s electric car company. Source: TheDailyBeast.com Date: Mar 01, 2014 Link: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/03/01/tesla-looks-like-a-bubble-will-it-pop.html Questions for discussion: Summarize the financial history of the firm. Why do you think it has performed so well? Do you believe Tesla looks like… Read more »

Using data to pick the optimal start-up name?

Posted by & filed under Management Issues.

Description: Naming your startup can be one of the hardest things to do when starting a company. Each founder must agree. The domain must be available to buy. Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, investors need to like it because the first letter of startup’s name has meaningful impact on how easily the company will be… Read more »

Twitter soars but still has much to prove

Posted by & filed under Company Analysis, Financial analysis, Growth & Valuation.

Description:   Twitter is off to a much better start as a public company than Facebook was in 2012. But Twitter still has to find a way to be profitable if it really wants to compete with Facebook. Source:  CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Dec 11, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/investing/2013/12/10/investing-the-buzz-twitter-facebook-ipo.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: Compare Facebook and Twitter… Read more »

The Anonymous Fashion Line That’s Cleaning Up on Wall Street

Posted by & filed under Company Analysis, Growth & Valuation, Industry Analysis.

Description: The fashion label Vince creates slouchy, mid-priced luxury basics that sell well at Bloomingdales, Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, Macy’s, Barneys New York, and Saks Fifth Avenue, among other retailers. And while it may seem safe to assume that those comfy T-shirts are designed by a guy named Vince, well, there’s no Vince at Vince. Source:… Read more »