Year: 2021

No Picture
Trading Ideas

What is a Quiet Period? Overview for IPOs and Public Companies

February 5, 2021 admin Comments Off on What is a Quiet Period? Overview for IPOs and Public Companies

A quiet period is a set time that prohibits a company from sharing nonpublic information. This is to reduce the risk of fraud such as insider trading.
Quiet period regulations apply to companies during the IPO process. These rules also apply to public companies four weeks before quarterly earnings reports.

IPO Quiet Periods
A quiet period is a time before a company issues public shares for the first time. The company and the underwriters of the IPO file a registration statement (S-1) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
After filing the documents, the SEC reviews them. The SEC will verify that the …read more […]

No Picture
Trading Ideas

Shift4 Payments Stock: A Successful Survival Story

February 5, 2021 admin Comments Off on Shift4 Payments Stock: A Successful Survival Story

Against nearly all odds, IPOs had a stellar year in 2020. The average first-day return for IPOs was almost 42%. And the average annual gains of IPOs was 75%. That’s as good as the IPO market has performed in 20 years.

One of the biggest success stories to come out of 2020 was the Shift4 Payment stock. But it almost didn’t come to be.
The payments company filed with the SEC to go public in December 2019. It was supposed to go public a few months later in February. But the pandemic ground those plans to a halt. As the markets fell …read more […]