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CNBC | IPO market gets boost from Circle’s 500% surge, sparking optimism that drought may be ending

For over three years, venture capital firms have been waiting for this moment. Tech IPOs came to a virtual standstill in early 2022 due to soaring inflation and rising interest rates, while big acquisitions were mostly off the table as increased

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USA Today | Should investors bet against DEI? What to know about new anti-‘woke’ index fund

One S&P 500 please, hold the diversity, equity and inclusion. That is the proposed selling point of a new index fund launching Tuesday: The exchange-traded fund mirrors the S&P 500 but excludes 37 companies that engage in DEI. Ideologically driven S&P 500 trackers

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Academic IPO insights with Jay Ritter

Jay Ritter discusses the critical importance of valuation for IPO success, the differences between institutional and retail-focused IPOs, the takeaways for management teams and innovations in the IPO process. Listen to Ritter on the Academic IPO Insights podcast. 

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Reuters | Exclusive: US exchanges, SEC in talks to ease public company regulations

U.S. exchange operators are in talks with the Securities and Exchanges Commission on easing regulatory burdens for public companies, as they seek to encourage more richly valued startups to list, according to four people familiar with the matter. IPO insights

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Bloomberg | US IPO shares doubling on their first day at fastest pace since 2021

Stocks of newly-public companies are surging in their first sessions at the fastest pace in three and a half years, enthralling traders and heating up the market for US first-time share sales. These spectacles may be thrilling to watch, but

Baolian Wang

Bloomberg | WFH vs RTO

Sell-side research analysts are unusual in that they are white-collar knowledge workers whose work quality is (1) public and (2) objectively measurable. So you can ask questions like “which characteristics make an analyst good,” and use publicly available information to

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Fox Business | Professor unpacks academic experiment on using AI to invest

University of Florida Assistant Finance Professor Alejandro Lopez-Lira discusses the development of the technology and what he learned in the process on ‘The Claman Countdown.’ Watch his interview on Fox Business. 

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24/7 Wall Street | These are the 3 best-performing IPOs so far in 2025. Still time to buy?

Initial public offerings (IPOs) captivate investors with the chance to get in on the ground floor of promising companies, potentially reaping substantial long-term returns as firms like Apple or Amazon once did. Investing $1,000 in AAPL at its IPO in 1980 would be worth

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The New York Times | A scandal-plagued meatpacking giant comes to the US stock market

JBS, the biggest meatpacker in the world, is set to go public on the New York Stock Exchange this week. Jay Ritter comments on the company’s IPO in this story from The New York Times. 

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Cointribune | Circle’s crazy IPO hides a $3 billion sacrifice

Circle’s IPO made Wall Street history with the biggest two-day surge since 1980. Yet, behind this spectacular performance lies a troubling paradox: the issuer of USDC literally left 3 billion dollars on the table with institutional investors. How can this

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