1. Who are “venture capitalists”? What role do they play in helping start-up companies?
They investors who help start a company. The money is provided by professions who help with the growing company. Venture capitalists are an important source of equity for growing companies. Venture capitalist help finance new companies with purchasing equity securities as well as help in the development of new products and services.
2. Name at least 4 large investment banking companies.
Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, Goldman Stackson, Leeman Bros and CSFB.
3. When were trading commission on stocks deregulated and how did this affect investment bank revenue? Apart from trading commissions, name two other sources of revenue for investment banks.
May 1st 1975 was when trading commission stocks were deregulated. The investment banks were affected regarding there revenues because the brokerages changed from a fixed commissions for securities to a negotiable one. Other sources of revenue are commissions and 7% earned to investment bankers.
4. What is an IPO? Who allocates these IPO’s? Who receives them and on what basis?
An IPO is where a company offers its stock to public investors for the first time. IPO’s are allocated through investors. IPO’s are usually distributed though underwriters who then sell the shares to institutions and to the preferred customers.
5. What is meant by the term “flipping”? Give a specific example. Why is this harmful for the company that just issued the stock?
Flipping is done when shares of a stock are leftover. The investor flips the share to the public individual investors and small institutions. They then can only purchase the share through a stock broker. These shares are usually bought and sold within a matter of minutes.
6. Where is the conflict of interest involved with recommendation of a stock broker working for an investment bank?
The conflict of interest involved has to do with purchases of the shares by individuals. The way this works is that the investor basically advertises the stock to the public in various ways.
7. What is a Dutch auction? How is this different from a traditional IPO? Discuss at least two of its advantages. Which company in the last few months used the Dutch auction to issue its IPO?
This type of auction is done through the internet.
The 1933 Banking Act, also known as the Glass-Steagall Act in reference to the legislation’s sponsors Carter Glass and Henry B. Steagall, was a statue enacted by the 73rd United States Congress which created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and separated investment banking from commercial banking. The act established clear delimitations between commercial and investment banks, and made it illegal for them to operate in conjunction. Federal Reserve member banks were banned from dealing in non-governmental securities for customers, underwriting or distributing non-governmental securities, investing in non-investment grade securities for themselves, and affiliating with companies involved in such activities. Concurrently, investment banks were prohibited from accepting deposits.
Investors purchased stock on margin. For every dollar invested, a margin user would borrow 9 dollars worth of stock. Because of this leverage, if a stock went up 1%, the investor would make 10%! This also works the other way around, exaggerating even minor losses.
During 1928, the stock market was common among any class of the roaring twenties. Ordinary people talked about, and many made millions off the stock market. People watched other people invest their money and gain more profit hence, increasing other’s trust in the stock market. Many people did not have money to pay the total prices of stocks; people bought stocks “on margin”, meaning that the buyer would put down some of his own money, but the rest the buyer would borrow from a broker. Thus, the buyer borrowed about 80-90 percent of the cost of the stock and only 10-20 percent of his money (“The Stock Market Crash of 1929”). This way of investing money was very risky. At times, brokers issued a “margin call.” In this case, the buyer had to pay back the money he borrowed earlier. Most ordinary people bought...
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The process of doing this cased the company to ask for help from other competitors about the exact price to offer in the market. Investors knew that the price might be among 22 to 24 per share. However, the JetBlue noticed that the IPO demand is anticipated to be more than 5.5 million. Thus, the management requested to increase its price to 25-26, this would make the management concerned to convince the shareholders that the higher price improve the company in the market. Furthermore, the company was scared if this strategy would hurt sales in future. They should decide if the higher price would improve company technique in stock
Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) are common ways for small companies to grow and expand by increasing their availability of capital. The Initial Public Offering started seeing a strong increase in popularity in the late 1990's. As a result of the growing popularity resulting in the dot com explosion, the term "IPO" became a household name. In order to understand how IPOs work, its best to first know how IPOs are created.
During the 1920s, approximately 20 million Americans took advantage of post-war prosperity by purchasing shares of stock in various securities exchanges. When the stock market crashed in 1929, the fortunes of many investors were lost. In addition, banks lost great sums of money in the Crash because they had invested heavily in the markets. When people feared their banks might not be able to pay back the money that depositors had in their accounts, a “run” on the banking system caused many bank failures. After the crash, public confidence in the market and the economy fell sharply. In response, Congress held hearings to identify the problems and look for solutions; the answer was found in the new SEC. The Commission was established in 1934 to enforce new securities laws that were passed with the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The two new laws stated that “Companies publicly offering securities must tell the public the truth about their businesses, the securities they are selling and the risks involved in the investing.” Secondly, “People who sell and trade securities must treat investors fairly and honestly, putting investors’ interests first.”2
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financing. They are often comparatively modest, in-order to help the founders get on their feet, build
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