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    Colfax IPO Should Get Your Liquids Flowing

    Colfax (CFX) is a supplier of pumps, specialty valves, and other fluid handling equipment.

    All quotations are from the company’s most recent S-1 filing with links provided.

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    Colfax's Solid IPO: Perfectly Positioned to Play the Asian Growth Engine

    Bill Simpson submits:

    On May 1, Bill Simpson wrote an analysis of Colfax (CFX). In its May 8 IPO, the company priced 18.75 million shares at $18 a share, above its $15-$17 range, raising $338 million. Tuesday the stock closed at $22.07.

    The text of Mr. Simpson's original writeup follows:

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    Verso Paper IPO: Not to Be Glossed Over

    Verso Paper Corp. (VRS) supplies coated papers to catalog and magazine publishers.

    All quotations are from the company’s most recent S-1 filing with links provided.

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    American Capital Agency IPO: Betting on the Future of Residential Mortgages

    American Capital Agency (AGNC) is a newly formed REIT that plans to invest in mortgage securities.

    All quotations are from the company’s most recent S-11 filing with links provided.

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    Real Goods Solar IPO Offers Exposure to Residential Market

    Real Goods Solar, Inc. (RSOL) is a residential and commercial solar energy integrator. It begins trading publicly this Thursday.

    All quotations are from the company's most recent S-1 filing with links provided.

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    American Water Works IPO Analysis: Just an Exit Strategy for Parent Company RWE

    Bill Simpson submits:

    On April 11, Bill Simpson wrote an analysis of American Water Works (AWK). In the April 23 IPO, the company raised $1.25 billion by selling 58 million shares, priced at $21.50, below its estimated range of $24-$26 a share. Tuesday the stock closed at $21.07.

    The text of Mr. Simpson's original writeup follows:

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    Learning From a Canadian Hedge Fund-Related IPO

    Larry MacDonald submits:

    Billionaire money manager Stephen Jarislowsky has some views on initial public offerings (IPOs) that might give pause to investors considering the impending IPO of Sprott Asset Management Inc. , the rapidly growing manager of Canadian hedge funds and mutual funds. Mr. Jarislowsky says:

    “ My experience is that you can buy nine out of ten new issues at a lower price a year or two later. Companies usually go public when they can get a high price at the outset … because of this I generally avoid new issues … all told, this ...

    A Closer Look at Rackspace, With IPO Filed

    Erick Schonfeld submits:

    Web hosting provider Rackspace [RAX] filed for an initial public offering with the SEC Friday night, as we predicted it would. The company will try to raise $400 million, and it intends to set the IPO price through an auction, much like Google did. The underwriters are Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, and WR Hambrecht & Co. (the leading proponent of such IPO pricing). Pricing through an auction is designed to make sure the company raises the most money possible instead of giving up a first-day pop to investors who ...

    Rackspace IPO an Important Sector Indicator

    Internet infrastructure specialist Rackspace, Inc. has filed for an IPO in which it hopes to raise $400 million. The shares will be sold through a "dutch auction" process similar to that used by Google (GOOG) in 2004. The offering could serve as an important indicator of future IPO prospects for the managed hosting sector, which has been a focus for investment by venture capital and private equity firms.

    Rackspace is the world’s largest privately-held managed hosting specialist, and has become known for its strong brand, built on a commitment to "Fanatical Support." The San Antonio, Texas company ...

    Intrepid Potash IPO: Soaring Shares Signal Fertilizer Bubble?

    Abbi Adest submits:

    Get your noseplugs ready. According to Bloomberg, Intrepid Potash's (IPI) surging shares on its first day of public trading may be a sign of a nascent fertilizer bubble:

    After surging 58 percent in its first day of trading, Intrepid -- the largest U.S. producer of potash, according to its IPO prospectus -- is valued at 201 times last year's pro-forma earnings of 25 cents a share.

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    Hot IPOs: Intrepid Potash and American Water Works

    Tate Dwinnell submits:

    Last year was a big year for IPO's, but it's been a slow start this year with the market languishing. Outside of the Visa (V) IPO, there has been little for traders to get excited about. That is until yesterday when the largest producer of potash, Intrepid Potash (IPI) began trading and soaring more than 50%.

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    IPO Lessons from Africa

    Knockout Analyst submits:

    Last week, the Wall Street Journal had a piece about the IPO of State-owned Telecom Safaricom. Normally, an IPO of any Kenyan company - especially on a local exchange - would simply fly under the radar of international observers. However, there are important lessons that can be learned here, and I'd be remiss if I passed up this opportunity.

    The situation is best summed up as mass hysteria.

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    Why a Severe IPO Drought Is Actually Extremely Bullish

    Although I’ve previously touched on the predictive quality of the IPO market, I wanted to bring it up again because what last year was a slow trickle has now dried up to an outright drought.

    So far in the first quarter of 2008 we’ve had only 12 IPOs : 5 in January, 4 in February and 3 in March. The last one being the high profile initial public offering of Visa (V). It added an enormous $18 billion to the quarterly value number, leaving less than a billion dollars for the other 11 IPOs.

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    Materials IPO: Intrepid Potash Competes with Mosaic

    Intrepid Potash (IPI) is the largest US-based producer of potash – potassium chloride.

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    Gaming Software IPO: Digital Domain Competes With Electronic Arts, Activision

    Digital Domain (DTWO) creates digital imagery for films, TV ads, interactive visuals, and video games.

    All quotations are from the company’s most recent S-1 filing with links provided .

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    Water Utility IPO: American Water Works

    American Water Works (AWK) provides water and waste water services to 32 states in US plus Ontario, Canada.

    All quotations are from the company’s most recent S-1 filing with links provided .

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    Visa and Mastercard: The Mortgage Brokers of the Credit Card Industry

    Sean Miller submits:

    There is definitely a shift from cash to credit cards worldwide, just as there was a shift from renting to home ownership based on the wide availability of mortgages, but is only a matter of time before this comes to a screeching halt.

    Visa (V) and MasterCard (MA) get paid a fee which is equal to a percentage of each transaction, and have no credit risk. Mortgage brokers have no direct credit risk either and they get an upfront fee when the transaction closes. If a borrower defaults, mortgage brokers do not lose a penny. ...

    Upcoming IPOs: Slim Pickings Make Penthouse Look Like a Winner

    J. Christoph Amberger submits:

    I just received a mass emailing by an old associate in the financial publishing business. It contained tantalizing glimpses of a new product the team back home at the ranch is working on. Also included was the promise of a brand-spanking new trading information service, run by a mysterious man writing under a somewhat mawkish pen name. (Yes, he's that much of an insider.)

    Two parts of the promise intrigued me: Access to his "Rolodex full of contacts". And his help to profit on IPOs, "Wall Street-style". Especially the last promise had ...

    Apollo's Discount IPO

    Felix Salmon submits:

    One thing the stock market has in common with the art market is a very strong allergy against primary-market offerings which have fallen in price from the last time round. It's one of the reasons why gallerists invariably sell their artists' work well below the secondary-market price: They want to leave enough room so that they can be sure to be able to raise that artist's prices at her next show. And the same thing goes for companies: Each round of fundraising, from angel to VC to IPO to secondary offering, is generally priced at ...

    Weakened Financials Show Off Their Visa IPO Profits

    Money Morning submits: by Mike Caggeso

    Visa Inc.’s (V) record-setting $17.86 billion initial public offering last month provided a much-needed dose of good news to the economic mire we’re in.

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  • IPO News

    Kohlberg, Madison Find Blank-Check Buyers as IPO Prospects Dim - Bloomberg

    May 16 (Bloomberg) -- Kohlberg & Co. , Madison Dearborn Partners LLC and Kirtland Capital Partners have resorted to selling holdings to so-called blank-check companies, a path more private-equity firms may follow as other buyers remain scarce ...

    Thyssenkrupp CFO says partial IPO of technologies, elevator units is ... - Forbes

    FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - ThyssenKrupp AG. is considering floating its technologies and elevator units in a partial Initial Public Offering (IPO), as it is increasingly becoming aware of the 'conglomerate discount' on its share price. 'We will ...

    Noranda sees revenue decline, prepares for IPO - Nashville Business Journal

    Noranda Aluminum Holding Corp. , which recently announced plans for an initial public offering, saw is revenue decline in the first quarter of 2008. Franklin-based Noranda's revenue fell to $300.3 million in the first quarter of 2008, down from $344 ...

    Eric Sprott: Short sellers tarnished my IPO - Globe and Mail

    Star fund manager Eric Sprott admits he was taken aback by his company's less than stellar stock market debut Thursday, and figures short sellers were behind the massive trading volume. "I have to believe or think or conclude that there must have ...

    Kohlberg, Madison Find Blank-Check Buyers as IPO Prospects Dim - Bloomberg

    May 16 (Bloomberg) -- Kohlberg & Co. , Madison Dearborn Partners LLC and Kirtland Capital Partners have resorted to selling holdings to so-called blank-check companies, a path more private-equity firms may follow as other buyers remain scarce ...

    Thyssenkrupp says partial IPO of technologies, elevator units an ... - Forbes

    FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - ThyssenKrupp AG. is considering floating its technologies and elevator units in a partial Initial Public Offering (IPO), as it is increasingly becoming aware of the 'conglomerate discount' on its share price. 'We will ...

    Converted Organics Issues First Earnings Report since IPO - Forbes

    "We are pleased to be in a position to report revenue this soon in our development, and to have achieved so many milestones during this period," said Edward J. Gildea, President of Converted Organics. Converted Organics also announced a loss of $2 ...

    Metastorm plans IPO - Computer Business Review

    It has not yet determined the number of shares and the anticipated price range for the stock. The company reported profit of $586,000 on revenue of $59.7m in 2007. With 315 employees in offices in the US, UK, Belgium, Spain, Germany, Netherlands ...

    IPO Profile: Primeworks Corporation - JCN Newswire

    Tokyo, May 16, 2008 (Jiji Press) - Mobile phone content provider Primeworks Corp. 3627> will make its debut on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's Mothers market May 23. The Tokyo-based company plans to use proceeds from the initial public offering, estimated ...

    Italy's Best Union sets IPO price at 3.4 euro, lower end of range - CNBC

    MILAN (Thomson Financial) - Italian ticketing group Best Union Company SpA said it has set the price of its initial public offering at 3.4 euros per share, at the lower end of the 3.4 euros to 4.0 euros range previously announced. Best Union is ...

    Thyssenkrupp says partial IPO of technologies, elevator units an ... - CNBC

    (updates with further CFO comments, background) FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - ThyssenKrupp AG. is considering floating its technologies and elevator units in a partial Initial Public Offering (IPO), as it is increasingly becoming aware of the ...

    Thyssenkrupp CFO says partial IPO of technologies, elevator units is ... - CNBC

    FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - ThyssenKrupp AG. is considering floating its technologies and elevator units in a partial Initial Public Offering (IPO), as it is increasingly becoming aware of the "conglomerate discount" on its share price. "We will ...

    ThyssenKrupp may mull partial IPO of divisions -CFO - Reuters

    FRANKFURT, May 16 (Reuters) - German diversified industrial conglomerate ThyssenKrupp (TKAG.DE: Quote , Profile , Research ) might consider a partial stock listing of its Elevator or Technology divisions, its chief financial officer said, when asked ...

    UPDATE 1-Artini falls 10 pct in disappointing HK IPO debut - Reuters

    HONG KONG, May 16 (Reuters) - Shares in fashion accessories company Artini China Co Ltd (0789.HK: Quote , Profile , Research ) fell 10 percent on their market debut on Friday after the company raised $80 million in a Hong Kong initial public offering ...

    Hirny heads for IPO - Warsaw Business Journal

    Residential real estate developer Hirny BD has unveiled its plans to hold an IPO in July. The company submitted an issue prospectus with the Polish Financial Supervision Authority on April 21 and hopes to raise around zÂł.120 million from the stock ...

    Verso Paper remains on positive watch despite lower IPO proceeds - S&P - Forbes

    MUMBAI (Thomson Financial) - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said its 'B' corporate credit ratings on Verso Paper Holdings LLC. and its direct parent, Verso Paper Finance Holdings LLC., remain on positive watch, despite the company's announcement ...

    Lisbon shares TFN at a glance outlook - CNBC

    LISBON (Thomson Financial) - Shares are expected to open higher after gains in Wall Street overnight, with blue-chip energy group EDP in focus after announcing it plans to go ahead with the IPO of its renewable energy unit. Thursday, the PSI 20 index ...

    Verso Paper remains on positive watch despite lower IPO proceeds - S&P - Forbes

    MUMBAI (Thomson Financial) - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said its 'B' corporate credit ratings on Verso Paper Holdings LLC. and its direct parent, Verso Paper Finance Holdings LLC., remain on positive watch, despite the company's announcement ...

    Kohlberg, Madison Find Blank-Check Buyers as IPO Prospects Dim - Bloomberg

    May 16 (Bloomberg) -- Kohlberg & Co. , Madison Dearborn Partners LLC and Kirtland Capital Partners have resorted to selling holdings to so-called blank-check companies, a path more private-equity firms may follow as other buyers remain scarce ...

    Anu's Labs IPO subscribed 7.5 times - Reuters India

    MUMBAI, May 16 (Reuters) - Bulk drugs and fine chemicals firm Anu's Laboratories Ltd's 3.82-million-share initial public offer has been subscribed 7.5 times, the company said late on Thursday. The Hyderabad-based company had fixed a price band of 200 ...

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