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Market Roars Ahead in First Quarter

Wowee zowee! The Wall Street Journal reported that some records were set yesterday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average posted its single biggest first quarter point gain in history. The broader indices...

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President Will Sign JOBS Act on Thursday

Politico.com and others are reporting that President Obama will sign the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act on Thursday. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) apparently will make a rare...

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SEC Small Business Forum Gets Some Stuff in JOBS Act – Part I

Very recently the SEC published its final report on the SEC Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation from the November 17, 2011 event, which I attended in DC. Participants...

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The New Phone Book’s….Not Here

In the classic 1979 Steve Martin movie “The Jerk,” his naive character Navin Johnson, upon getting a job for the first time, can’t wait to see his name in print in the new phone book. When it arrives...

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Barely Half of 2011 Law Grads Have Full Time Jobs

Get ready gang. I’m starting to expand the coverage of this humble blog beyond just IPO alternatives, the economy and the smallcap markets. We will be talking more about things like Wall Street in...

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House Oversight Chairman asks SEC Chair for Info on IPOs

Last week, Rep. Darrell Issa, Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, delivered a letter to SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro. The focus of the letter: requesting information about...

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About that Healthcare Decision

My favorite band, the Supremes (aka the US Supreme Court) tomorrow will release the most important decision they have rendered in decades, maybe only other than the seminal Bush v. Gore decision which...

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M&A Remains in Doldrums

The New York Times reports today that the first half of 2012 has been pretty dismal in mergers and acquisitions. Total dollar volume is down almost 22% from the same period last year, and the number of...

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The (Good?) Old Days Part VI – Speech Recognition

As I try to be slightly ahead of the curve I am here to say that much is about to change in the world of technology in the 10 or so years to come. Namely: thanks in part to Apple’s dive into the speech...

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SEC Chair-Designate Elisse Walter Could Remain for a Year or More

There has been a minor hubbub about what exactly SEC Commissioner Elisse Walter was appointed as following the planned resignation of current Chair Mary Schapiro. First the White House said she would...

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New Year’s Wishes for Smallcap World for 2013

For now the 6th year in a row I’m happy to throw out my wish list for the small and microcap world and those into alternatives to a traditional IPO to go public. As always I want to give special thanks...

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Dow Jones Hits Five Year High

Yes the economy keeps hobbling along.  But the stock market has been very strong. The bellwether Dow Jones industrial average of 30 large cap stocks hit a five year high the other day, highest it’s...

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More on Dow Jones as it Flirts With All-time High

On October 9, 2007, most of us in the finance world were riding pretty darn high. We had watched a frothy market runup that had been unprecedented. On that day, the Dow Jones hit its still all time...

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Join Us On My New Blog!

All: as of May 1, 2013, I am now blogging exclusively at http://www.davidfeldmanblog.com. In addition to continuing my coverage of alternatives to traditional IPOs, including reverse mergers, we have...

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