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...
View ArticlePresident 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...
View ArticleSEC 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleBarely 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...
View ArticleHouse 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...
View ArticleAbout 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...
View ArticleM&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...
View ArticleThe (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...
View ArticleSEC 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...
View ArticleNew 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...
View ArticleDow 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...
View ArticleMore 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...
View ArticleJoin 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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