Tech Cold War, IPOs And Unicorns

Welcome to the year of the giant tech IPO. A cavalcade of so-called unicorns, privately held companies valued at $1 billion or more, is galloping toward supersize initial public offerings. Uber alone raised $8.1 billion in its May debut. .....»»

Tech unicorns Pinterest and Zoom Video go public Thursday. In an interview with Reuters' Fred Katayama, TD Ameritrade trading strategy manager Shawn Cruz give tips on how investors should play those initial public offerings......»»

Both tech unicorns are expected to price their shares by Wednesday night......»»

Lyft is just the latest of the tech unicorns, private startups valued at $1 billion or more, to go public this year......»»

The big demand for the shares of Lyft Inc., the ride hailing app company, one of the most anticipated IPOs of the tech unicorns, is the unofficial opening of this year’s IPO casino......»»

Six IPOs are on the calendar for the coming week including tech unicorns DocuSign and Ceridian HCM. The IPO market for the year to date has been well above last year's performance......»»

At least a dozen Chinese companies with collective private valuations of roughly $500 billion have been in talks about IPOs......»»

Big checks have empowered startups to put off their IPOs. But now they’re buying growth......»»

This weekend's Barron's cover story takes a look tech's next act. Other featured articles reveal how 2018 IPOs fared and look at further headwinds for tech stocks. Also, how to find bargains in European and health care stocks. read more.....»»

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South Korean e-commerce major Coupang Inc.’s (NYSE: CPNG) IPO is slated to be the read more.....»»

Government-backed review proposes allowing dual-class shares to give founders greater control of their businesses......»»

Another major Silicon Valley tech investor joins the record run of "blank check" IPOs. Menlo Park-based Khosla Ventures filed plans Friday to raise $1.2 billion for special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) that aim to take three yet-to-be-dete.....»»

After an unbelievable 2020 for IPOs, with young technology companies and blank-check offerings leading to the biggest year for Wall Street debuts since the heyday of the dot-com boom, companies are lining up in hopes that 2021 is a worthwhile sequel......»»

Benzinga has examined the prospects for many investor favorite stocks over the past week. The week's bullish calls included big tech stocks and a telecom giant. A top electric vehicle maker and recent hot IPOs were among the bearish calls. read more.....»»

See the rest of the story here. Theflyonthewall.com provides the latest financial news as it breaks. Known as a leader in market intelligence, The Fl.....»»

Huge first day stock jumps by IPOs from DoorDash, Airbnb and C3.ai has raised questions about how accurately underwriters are pricing IPOs, perhaps leaving even billions of dollars "on the table.".....»»

Over the last few years, investors have been warned by shareholder advocates, a few short sellers, this column on MarketWa.....»»

Over the last few years, investors have been warned by shareholder advocates, a few short sellers, this column on MarketWa.....»»

Online used-car seller Vroom Inc. has filed confidentially for an initial public offering it hopes to stage in June, according to people familiar with its plans, a move that will test the ice-cold tech IPO market......»»