Word: ipos
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POSERS If you're scouring the Web for that pre-IPO stock that will bring you riches, take heed. The SEC has been cracking down on a number of companies that use the Internet to make false and misleading pre-IPO claims and stock offers, either through their websites or spam messages. In most cases, these companies have no hope of ever going public. Last month 1stBuy.com settled with the sec after allegedly defrauding more than 1,000 investors of $3.8 million. If it looks too good to be true, chances...
Employees at large companies often are frustrated that their work isn't making any big waves, he says. But at a pre-IPO startup, things are different...
RISKY BUSINESS The clubby world of venture capital has gone retail. Recently a closed-end mutual fund--the meVC Draper Fisher Jurveston fund--began trading on the N.Y.S.E., allowing investors to bet on the kinds of long shots VCs do. The focus of meVC is on private and pre-IPO companies. But VCs get big cuts, and with annual fees of 2.5% and 20% on realized gains, you'd better pray one of the 12 tech companies it's invested in becomes the next Cisco...
...company has branched out into e-business intelligence, helping clients develop online strategies like locating potential business partners. Last spring the firm got its third--and largest--round of venture funding, $24.5 million from ABS Capital Partners, and is rumored to be on the brink of an IPO. --By Melissa August
...weight on the Dow's inability to rally past old levels than they do on its ability to hold firm on declines. Hence they tend to be bearish. The NASDAQ slide since mid-July bolsters that view. And McCabe notes that speculative fever remains high, evident in a vibrant IPO market. John McGinley, editor of Technical Trends, worries about the recent slide in margin debt--money borrowed to buy stocks. You'd think a decline in that figure would be healthy, signaling that investors are more cautious. But McGinley reads the decline from the March record of $279 billion...