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IPO Investing: The pipeline is still running dry

Posted August 25, 2008

J Christoph Amberger

There may be pressure building. But with investors spooked, chances are the IPO market will remain as dead as Kevin Federlines singing career.

by J. Christoph Amberger

Baltimore — (TFN): Some analysts claim that to the untrained eye the IPO market looks calm. But there are supposedly hidden pressures building up in the new-issues market.

I have to disagree. To the untrained eye, the IPO market looks as dead as the singing career of Kevin Federline.

And after an entire quarter that didn’t see a single IPO, chances are that it stays that way.

Sure, there’s pressure building. There’s a dire need for investment capital. And Wall Street’s investment bankers are increasingly pressed to book profits on deals.

But there’s one ingredient missing: The eager private investor with spending money burning a hole in his pockets. Heck, people are now SELLING companies that see revenues and profit growth!

With investors spooked and institutions now as risk-adverse as a kindergarten principal on an excursion to the paintball club, chances are capital will come from investment funds seeking a home for their commodities cash — or the Chinese trying to add to their proprietary technologies portfolio the honest way.

Unless, of course, Adult Friendfinder goes public. Then all bets are off!

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