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...settlement dollars, will go back to its main business of managing assets for institutional investors. Ross Smith Energy Group, a Canadian outfit that follows the oil and gas industries, is getting into investment banking. Three companies-Argus, Independent International Investment Research and Pipal Research-have joined with the London Stock Exchange to provide coverage of smaller firms willing to pay for it. Rapid Ratings is finding a hearty new revenue stream in doing analysis for companies that want to know about the financial positioning of the firms they do business with. (See 25 people to blame for the financial crisis...
...bigger question may be, will the global settlement have any lasting impact-or do we lose something significant when the money for independent research stops in July? By some measures, the bias of investment-bank stock research has, in fact, changed since the late 1990s and early 2000s. Back then, only about 1% to 2% of the companies covered by banks carried a "sell" rating, according to research-tracker Investars. These days, that figure falls more in the 15% to 20% range-an indication, one might argue, that analysts are making tougher calls on the companies they cover. That probably...
...flash sales, which registered customers are alerted to via e-mail. Its Going, Going, Gone sales - which are essentially the shoppers' version of playing chicken - begin by offering a product at its original retail price and then keep dropping the price as time runs out until either all the stock has been sold or the sale ends...
...Caliente. Hot. In any tongue, stock in Rosetta Stone, the popular language-learning software company that just went public - yes, IPOs still exist - is blazing. On the evening of April 15, the company was able to price its IPO at $18 per share, above the estimated range of $15-17. It was the first IPO to price above its range in nearly a year. The next day, shares shot up 40%, the best one-day IPO rise in the last year (on April 23, the stock closed at $25.60 per share, 42% above the IPO price...
...debate over Rosetta Stone's effectiveness has yet to sour the stock. But investors hoping that the stock's success will start an IPO surge - there have only been four offerings this year - might be disappointed. Rosetta Stone worked because it's a profitable company with solid growth prospects and manageable debt. Many IPO hopefuls don't share these traits. "Anyone who thinks that the IPO pipeline will open up is mistaken," says Sweet. "Institutions and retail investors won't even look at the stock if the company it debt-ridden, is losing money, or if sales are lumpy. There...