Tag: visa ipo
Confidentially, Holmes, the VISA IPO may have been the last decent IPO for months to come
Published on July 4, 2008
If there’s one sector that’s been battered, beaten, and pulped this year, it’s been the IPO market. In fact, things are so bad that—despite of the successful VISA IPO—in all of Q2, there were no venture-backed offerings at all. With good reason: Risk.
Where the Visa IPO Money Went
Published on June 11, 2008
“When Visa IPOed in March, the company reserved $3 billion of its jaw-dropping, record-breaking $19.7 billion public offer for what it called a litigation fund, and now we know why.” — Stephanie Grimmett
by Stephanie Grimmett
Baltimore – (TFN): It’s three months later, and we’re finally learning what all of that IPO money was for.
When Visa [...]
This Week’s Financial News: Paulson has an idea, Bear Stearns ain’t a cheap floozy and mind the overspray
Published on March 29, 2008
"At least the U.S. economy has started to look more like a soap opera and less like a Greek tragedy this week. Maybe we can get out of the current market situation without having to watch every player die a bloody, violent death, afterall… or maybe not. Either way, I’d bring a an umbrella to [...]
Visa IPO Aftermath: Europe’s in trouble, but China’s buying
Published on March 27, 2008
"The antitrust investigation is standard procedure, according to the commission. But when Mastercard went through the same standard procedure last year, the commission ruled that its exchange fee system was contrary to the EU’s antitrust rules." — Stephanie Grimmett
by Stephanie Grimmett
Baltimore – (TFN): Maybe Visa already knew this was coming three years ago. That’s when the company consolidated its global networks, but left its European…
This Week’s Financial News: Bear Stearns crumbles, mortgages now back the dollar and Visa comes to the rescue
Published on March 22, 2008
"You can just imagine the scene enacted last weekend: Ben Bernanke on his knees begging pal Jamie Dimon, JP Morgan’s CEO, to rescue Bear Stearns from imploding in a panic and creating a blackhole large enough to suck the rest of the U.S.’s banking industry in with it. Jamie agreed to help out his friend with a mere $240 million… because who wouldn’t buy one of the oldest investment…
MasterCard and Visa: The Next Big Banking Crisis
Published on March 22, 2008
Baltimore — (TFN): As U.S. financial institutions are still hoping that the end of the subprime mortgage crisis — and billion-dollar losses — is just around the corner, a new, severe crisis is shaping up for MasterCard and Visa, two companies that so far have profited nicely from the credit crunch.
Visa IPO: First-day jitters and jumps
Published on March 19, 2008
"Possibly, Visa saw a future government clampdown before the rest of us noticed it and decided to refashion itself in preparation. Or maybe it just wanted to streamline its inner workings before it went public." — Stephanie Grimmett
by Stephanie Grimmett
Baltimore – (TFN): Weeeeeeeeeeee! — that would be the sound of Visa’s stock sliding from it’s opening high of $68 this morning to current levels around…
Visa IPO Moved Up a Day!
Published on March 18, 2008
"The largest IPO in U.S. history will happen a day earlier than expected, meaning that, as you read this on Tuesday, Visa could be pricing its shares." — Stephanie Grimmett
by Stephanie Grimmett
Baltimore – (TFN): Visa just moved up its IPO date.
The largest IPO in U.S. history will happen a day earlier than expected, meaning that, as you read this on Tuesday, Visa could be…
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Published on March 18, 2008
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Visa IPO: How to Profit from Visa’s initial public offering
Published on March 17, 2008
Baltimore — (TFN): Unless you have friends in high places, you can just about forget about getting into Visa stock pre-IPO. To invest in this historic American IPO, you would have to wait and jump in on the Visa buying rush on the day of IPO…
Visa IPO and JPMorgan: How bad bank earnings and a runaway IPO may create the perfect trading opportunity
Published on March 16, 2008
"A slew of bad earnings reports for U.S. banking companies may shave off another 10% off JPMorgan’s (JPM:NYSE) share price — just in time for a potential bounce of up to 15% on the Visa IPO (V:NYSE) on Thursday." — J. Christoph Amberger
+++A TFN Smart Trading Special Action Alert+++
by J. Christoph Amberger
Baltimore — (TFN): Last January, JPMorgan Chase (JPM:NYSE) announced that…
Visa IPO: How to profit from a historic American IPO
Published on March 15, 2008
"You have a number of options to profit from Thursday’s Visa IPO. First, you could simply try to buy shares in the aftermarket. In a best-case scenario, you would buy at or near the issue price and watch your shares go up followeing the same trajectory as MasterCard or, even better, Google. But there are two more ways to profit…"
A TodaysFinancialNews.com Special Report:
by J. Christoph Amberger, President TFN
Baltimore &mdash…
Visa IPO: Buy this “under-the-radar” stock now
Published on March 15, 2008
"In a market virtually frozen by credit and bank woes, and tumultuous economic uncertainty, Visa could put an end to pent-up salivating investor demand for any company not suffering from credit issues." — Ian Cooper
by Ian Cooper
Baltimore — (TFN): The biggest beneficiaries of Visa’s IPO will be the Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and JP Morgan. Each stands to reap millions…
This Week’s Financial News: More Visa IPO, record gold prices, Ashley Alexandra Dupre… and when to buy depressed real estate
Published on March 15, 2008
"The markets closely match the popular mood. With the same headless abandon that investors bought vinyl-clad tract mansions just two years ago, they are now piling into the treacherous safety of gold and oil. Any port in a storm. And in panic-stricken financial market, anything that moves up looks like a decent port." — J. Christoph Amberger
by J. Christoph Amberger
Baltimore — (TFN)…
Foreign Investment: Kuwait and the Visa IPO
Published on March 13, 2008
"Because of falling prices, (the Kuwait sovereign fund) has become increasingly interested in making investments in European and U.S. financial-services and real-estate companies." — William Patalone
Blogger’s Note: William Patalone of Investor’s Daily Edge has a scoop on the Visa IPO. It seems Kuwait’s sovereign fund would like to own part of on of America’s most successful companies, and it’s looking to buy stock in next week’s IPO…
This Week’s Financial News: Visa IPO, Canadian miner, gold prices and — stock market friendfinder?
Published on March 7, 2008
by J. Christoph Amberger, President TFN
Baltimore — (TFN): Another terrible week in the stock markets has come to an ignominious end. The U.S. economy may not be quite as damaged as the media reports imply, but even I find it difficult to see a silver lining in the data, the remaining presidential candidates — or the weather, for that matter.
But the…
Visa IPO: “Don’t be suckered in!”
Published on March 6, 2008
"Do not forget, Visa recently announced it lost $861 million last year, on revenues of over $5.2 billion. Numbers like that do not deserve the $38 billion market cap Visa is expecting. Stay away from this one, at least until it sheds its early overvalued price." — Andrew Snyder
by Andrew Snyder
Baltimore — (TFN): Don't be suckered into…
Visa IPO: Profit from a Historic Initial Public Offering
Published on March 1, 2008
by Ian Cooper, Small-Cap Pit Trader
Baltimore — (TFN): Two years after the MasterCard IPO, shares catapulted from $43 to more than $200. But with greater market share and reach than MasterCard, Visa and its coming record-breaking IPO may be too good to pass up.
In a market virtually frozen by credit and bank woes, and tumultuous [...]
Visa IPO: The biggest in U.S. history?
Published on February 28, 2008
"This might be your chance to get into the next biggest IPO. Something groundbreaking is about to happen in the land of initial public offerings." — Ann Sosnowski
by Ann Sosnowski
Baltimore – (TFN): In April 2000, AT&T Wireless (AWE:NYSE) unveiled the largest IPO in American history, raising $10.6 billion! A little [...]
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