Unprofitable companies that listed in the United States last year were down an average of 32% from their IPO price at the end of January, according to data provided by Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter. Read more of this story
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Luckin Coffee: can China’s Starbucks win back investors?
Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter shares insights for this story on Luckin Coffee and how its bankruptcy after a 2020 fraud scandal fed the backlash against corporate China. Now the company wants to relist its shares in the US. Read
Startup investors cut valuations amid tech stock rout, dismal IPOs
Research data from Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter informs this story about venture firms foreseeing a tougher funding environment ahead, with more muted debuts after pandemic glut. Read more in this story from the Wall Street Journal.
5 best debt consolidation loans
Wells Fargo Faculty Fellow, Senior Lecturer and Director of the Wealth Management program John Banko shares insights on loan consolidation. Read his tips, including the pros and cons of debt consolidation loans and mistakes to avoid when taking out debt
Gen Z retailer SHEIN eyes 2022 U.S. IPO, in what may be the first big Chinese firm to list in the U.S. since last summer
Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter says SHEIN’s position as an online-only retailer could hamper any IPO plans it might have. “There is a good chance that a U.S. IPO will never happen for the company,” he said, given its digital business
Stock Market Volatility Dampens IPO Market Predictions for 2022
Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter shares his expertise with Inc., noting January’s stock-market performance signals a significant shift in the once sky-high expectations for fast-growing companies to go public. Read more in the full Inc. story.
SPAC linked to Trump’s venture outperforms others in sector
Insights from Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter inform this story about how shares of the blank-check acquisition firm that agreed to merge with former President Donald Trump’s social media venture have outperformed every other special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), despite
5 charts to remember if the stock market crashes in 2022
Research insights from Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter inform this story about the stock market reaching extremes several times during its long journey upward, while also making a mockery of those who attempt to predict when it has reached a
Mark Zuckerberg defies critics with latest Meta board member
Zuckerberg’s move is unsurprising because founders across Silicon Valley are increasingly keeping an iron grip on their companies even when they go public, according to Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter, who studies corporate governance and tech IPOs. Read more of
With rate increases looming, investors dump shares of money-losing companies
Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter provides his expertise on unprofitable traditional IPOs delivering lower first-day returns in 2021. Read the full story from the Wall Street Journal.