Shares in the British chip designer Arm will be listed Thursday on New York’s Nasdaq exchange in the biggest such offering in two years, a $50 billion wager by principal shareholder SoftBank Group amid a still uncertain market. “Nobody disputes
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For retail investors, jumping on Arm’s blockbuster IPO is a risky business
Insights from Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter inform this story about Arm’s goal of raising around $5 billion in New York, which might be the biggest IPO of 2023, follows other major listings in recent years whose returns have mostly
This Is The Ultimate Donald Trump Stock: Is DWAC A Buy Amid Legal Woes, SEC Settlement?
Research from Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter informs this story about Donald Trump’s Digital World Acquisition (DWAC). But Truth Social has a tough task as it competes with X, owned by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, while Trump himself is embroiled in
A golf company with $90,000 in sales was valued at $400 million. Its stock proceeded to crash. What happened?
On Aug. 15 Sacks Parente, a small putter outfit in California, announced the pricing of its IPO at $4 per share with 3.2 million shares available. Within hours, something remarkable—and something curious—immediately happened. The price soared to $32 a share,
VinFast’s wild ride points to need for stock health warnings
In a remarkable stock debut via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), VinFast’s market capitalization shot higher after its mid-August listing to a peak of around $190bn. The stock has since slumped and the market value fallen to $64bn. “Most
SoFi to underwrite first big IPO after securing Instacart listing
Winning a role on one of the most high-profile US listings of the year is a milestone for SoFi, but the slow road to reaching it highlights the challenges that have faced numerous efforts to improve retail access to IPOs.
Trump’s Truth Social facing a key funding deadline
The ‘blank check’ ally of former president Donald Trump’s media start-up was once a stock-market star. It’s now days away from potential liquidation. Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter shares his insights in this story from the Washington Post.
Trump Media’s SPAC Deal Faces a Make-or-Break Investor Vote
Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter shares his insights for this story on the deal to take Donald Trump’s social-media company public. Trump Media faces a make-or-break moment as the blank-check firm that’s acquiring it rushes to get investor buy-in. Read
IPO Drought Is Ending, But Don’t Expect a Deluge
Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter provides his IPO insights to Bloomberg for this opinion column from Jonathan Levin, who writes about the U.S. market for initial public offerings finally reopening after the sleepiest stretch in 32 years. If recent deals
Trump tweets after Georgia arrest: Indictment spurs return to Twitter, now known as X
Trump, who has certain contractual obligations to TruthSocial and has an incentive to prop up the value of his social media company, had previously said he would not return to Twitter even if invited. Rejoining the social media platform was
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