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Monthly archive: November, 2006
Rottweiler ? :) IPO training? hmm?
Vikki asks:
Hey everyone
I’ve been doing some research on Rottweilers and I found a lot of interesting videos on youtube (some adorable ones and some amazing ones) There were quite a few videos with IPO training or something? I googled it but I couldn’t really find anything on what this is, does anyone know? Is it like to teach your Rottweiler to defend you or something? Any other information on Rottweilers, their training and such would be appreciated.
Thanks
Hey everyone
I’ve been doing some research on Rottweilers and I found a lot of interesting videos on youtube (some adorable ones and some amazing ones) There were quite a few videos with IPO training or something? I googled it but I couldn’t really find anything on what this is, does anyone know? Is it like to teach your Rottweiler to defend you or something? Any other information on Rottweilers, their training and such would be appreciated.Thanks
Going Public: How Long Does it Take?
Kandace asks:
The process to go public via initial public offering (IPO) or Direct Public Offering (DPO) follows a prescribed path. While some elements can be handled simultaneously, there are a number of parts that must be done sequentially. As a result, it will often take between six and nine months for a private company to go public.
We have highlighted the major time elements to provide a basic understanding of the process.
1. The financial audit: Completing the financial audits is perhaps the most time consuming part of the IPO process. The actual timeframe will largely depend on the current state of your financial books and records. If your firm is organized, has internally generated income statements, balance sheets and statements of cash flow - with notations, you should be in pretty good shape. If your books and records are already prepared by a CPA, reviewed by an accounting firm or audited - that is best. Generally, it will take about 30 days for a start-up to be audited, while it can take 60-120+ days for a large operating business to be audited.
2. Preparation of the registration statement: Preparing the registration statement to be filed with the SEC requires a complete review of all corporate and financial books, records and documents. The better organized companies are able to provide all of the necessary documents upon request. The review itself can take a few days to few weeks. Once complete, the registration statement can be drafted normally within two to eight weeks. Usually, the registration statement is done before the financial audits. Once the financial audits are complete, they are integrated into the registration statement and filed with the SEC.
3. The SEC review process: Once the registration statement is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the review and comment phase follows a certain path. Generally, the SEC will review the initial filings and will respond with comments in approximately 30 days. At that point, the company and its advisors are responsible for addressing each of the comments. This could take several hours to several days, depending on the nature of the comments. Once the response is completed, a revised registration statement is filed with the SEC. The review and comment process continues until the SEC is satisfied. This normally takes between 60 days and 120 days, but could last materially longer - depending on the company and its advisors.
3. The stock exchange review process: Each of the stock exchanges have a different review process. Generally, there are no stock exchange concerns if you satisfy all of the SEC requirements. However, the stock exchanges will look at different factors, including the number of shareholders, amount of capital invested and the relationship between and among all shareholders. One of their primary issues is to ensure that no individual or group controls the ‘public-float’. The review and comment process with the stock exchange is similar to that of the SEC. It can last between two weeks and three months, depending on the company and its advisors.
If handled properly, it should take an average company between six and nine months to go public via an initial public offering (IPO) or direct public offering (DPO) - if it is coordinated and managed properly.
It is very important to hire knowledgeable, experienced and qualified professional advisors to keep each of the parties involved in a going-public transaction on track and on budget.
The process to go public via initial public offering (IPO) or Direct Public Offering (DPO) follows a prescribed path. While some elements can be handled simultaneously, there are a number of parts that must be done sequentially. As a result, it will often take between six and nine months for a private company to go public.
We have highlighted the major time elements to provide a basic understanding of the process.
1. The financial audit: Completing the financial audits is perhaps the most time consuming part of the IPO process. The actual timeframe will largely depend on the current state of your financial books and records. If your firm is organized, has internally generated income statements, balance sheets and statements of cash flow - with notations, you should be in pretty good shape. If your books and records are already prepared by a CPA, reviewed by an accounting firm or audited - that is best. Generally, it will take about 30 days for a start-up to be audited, while it can take 60-120+ days for a large operating business to be audited.
2. Preparation of the registration statement: Preparing the registration statement to be filed with the SEC requires a complete review of all corporate and financial books, records and documents. The better organized companies are able to provide all of the necessary documents upon request. The review itself can take a few days to few weeks. Once complete, the registration statement can be drafted normally within two to eight weeks. Usually, the registration statement is done before the financial audits. Once the financial audits are complete, they are integrated into the registration statement and filed with the SEC.
3. The SEC review process: Once the registration statement is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the review and comment phase follows a certain path. Generally, the SEC will review the initial filings and will respond with comments in approximately 30 days. At that point, the company and its advisors are responsible for addressing each of the comments. This could take several hours to several days, depending on the nature of the comments. Once the response is completed, a revised registration statement is filed with the SEC. The review and comment process continues until the SEC is satisfied. This normally takes between 60 days and 120 days, but could last materially longer - depending on the company and its advisors.
3. The stock exchange review process: Each of the stock exchanges have a different review process. Generally, there are no stock exchange concerns if you satisfy all of the SEC requirements. However, the stock exchanges will look at different factors, including the number of shareholders, amount of capital invested and the relationship between and among all shareholders. One of their primary issues is to ensure that no individual or group controls the ‘public-float’. The review and comment process with the stock exchange is similar to that of the SEC. It can last between two weeks and three months, depending on the company and its advisors.
If handled properly, it should take an average company between six and nine months to go public via an initial public offering (IPO) or direct public offering (DPO) - if it is coordinated and managed properly.
It is very important to hire knowledgeable, experienced and qualified professional advisors to keep each of the parties involved in a going-public transaction on track and on budget.
What Are Stock Market Crashes
Ludivina asks:
The phrase stock market crash brings to mind images of speeding ticker tape machines and panic on the trading floor. The common perception is that stock market crashes are random and unpredictable phenomenon. There is, however, a pattern to the markets larger fluctuations. The market crash is a familiar term but an unfamiliar concept.
To understand what happens in the market when a crash occurs, we first need to look to the period that precedes a crash. The cycle begins at a time when the stock market is weak and people are generally pessimistic about the financial future of themselves and country. The bear market has caused most people to sell many stocks in order to save some of their investment. This is the point where the smart investors can pick up undervalued stock at bargain prices. These smart investors know that the market will be turning in the near future and they can resell these stocks for a much higher price. This accumulation of undervalued stock causes the market to start to rise. The rising stocks will attract the attention of mutual funds, and as the mutual funds invest in the stock, billions of dollars are reintroduced to the market place. Mutual fund investments cause the market to gain even more as do investments by institutional investors. At this point, the market has begun to stabilize and stocks are no longer at bargain prices. Stock prices most likely reflect the intrinsic value of the stocks. Those who invested early have large profits.
The average investor though may still be skeptical about the stock market, given the recent bear market. As the stock prices continue to stabilize and more institutional investors get re- involved in the stock market, the individual investors begin to notice. The individual investors began buying stocks the market is flooded with capital since the individual investors make up the cast majority of total investors in the market.
This bull market exists as long as the market is on the rise and all stock involved are all gaining in value. Bull markets make everyone happy. Investors and companies alike are making money and enjoying it. There is a kind of euphoria in the country, and a feeling that things will only continue to go up from here.
At the peak of a bull market, many companies go public or make stock available for purchase to the public. An IPO is the term used when a company goes public. The reason IPOs show up when the market is in a bull period is because companies want to benefit from investor confidence. When individual investors are more optimistic, the company can gain the highest possible stock price. Individual investors often buy into IPOs with dollar signs in their eyes and anticipating instant riches from getting in on the ground floor of a companys stock history. Investing in IPOs is traditionally the method by that most small investors make their money. The bull market is further fueled and stocks begin doubling and tripling in value.
At this point, those smart investors who purchased the undervalued stock at the beginning of the cycle are sitting in a prime position. At the perceived top of the bull market these investors can sell their now overvalued stocks before the prices start to drop. In the height of a bull market, there are often incidents of widespread greed. Corporate scandals arise, retail investors start to use margin investing to gain more stocks, and irrational purchases are made. The market is perceived to have no end to its growth so people start doing whatever they can to gain more stock with the false expectation that they will be able to sell for profit later.
Once mutual funds and individual investors have fully invested their capital, the market becomes overbought. At this point the market can only go down. The speed of the downward trend is determined by the amount of negative news. As there are negative reports about stocks losing value, this causes more investors to sell and the cycle expands exponentially. The market always falls quicker than it has risen. If everyone tries to exit at the same time, there are no buyers for the stocks. If there is enough of a lack of buyers, the market can crash entirely. The capitulation of the market occurs when a massive amount of individual investors leave and the market bottoms out.
The phrase stock market crash brings to mind images of speeding ticker tape machines and panic on the trading floor. The common perception is that stock market crashes are random and unpredictable phenomenon. There is, however, a pattern to the markets larger fluctuations. The market crash is a familiar term but an unfamiliar concept.
To understand what happens in the market when a crash occurs, we first need to look to the period that precedes a crash. The cycle begins at a time when the stock market is weak and people are generally pessimistic about the financial future of themselves and country. The bear market has caused most people to sell many stocks in order to save some of their investment. This is the point where the smart investors can pick up undervalued stock at bargain prices. These smart investors know that the market will be turning in the near future and they can resell these stocks for a much higher price. This accumulation of undervalued stock causes the market to start to rise. The rising stocks will attract the attention of mutual funds, and as the mutual funds invest in the stock, billions of dollars are reintroduced to the market place. Mutual fund investments cause the market to gain even more as do investments by institutional investors. At this point, the market has begun to stabilize and stocks are no longer at bargain prices. Stock prices most likely reflect the intrinsic value of the stocks. Those who invested early have large profits.
The average investor though may still be skeptical about the stock market, given the recent bear market. As the stock prices continue to stabilize and more institutional investors get re- involved in the stock market, the individual investors begin to notice. The individual investors began buying stocks the market is flooded with capital since the individual investors make up the cast majority of total investors in the market.
This bull market exists as long as the market is on the rise and all stock involved are all gaining in value. Bull markets make everyone happy. Investors and companies alike are making money and enjoying it. There is a kind of euphoria in the country, and a feeling that things will only continue to go up from here.
At the peak of a bull market, many companies go public or make stock available for purchase to the public. An IPO is the term used when a company goes public. The reason IPOs show up when the market is in a bull period is because companies want to benefit from investor confidence. When individual investors are more optimistic, the company can gain the highest possible stock price. Individual investors often buy into IPOs with dollar signs in their eyes and anticipating instant riches from getting in on the ground floor of a companys stock history. Investing in IPOs is traditionally the method by that most small investors make their money. The bull market is further fueled and stocks begin doubling and tripling in value.
At this point, those smart investors who purchased the undervalued stock at the beginning of the cycle are sitting in a prime position. At the perceived top of the bull market these investors can sell their now overvalued stocks before the prices start to drop. In the height of a bull market, there are often incidents of widespread greed. Corporate scandals arise, retail investors start to use margin investing to gain more stocks, and irrational purchases are made. The market is perceived to have no end to its growth so people start doing whatever they can to gain more stock with the false expectation that they will be able to sell for profit later.
Once mutual funds and individual investors have fully invested their capital, the market becomes overbought. At this point the market can only go down. The speed of the downward trend is determined by the amount of negative news. As there are negative reports about stocks losing value, this causes more investors to sell and the cycle expands exponentially. The market always falls quicker than it has risen. If everyone tries to exit at the same time, there are no buyers for the stocks. If there is enough of a lack of buyers, the market can crash entirely. The capitulation of the market occurs when a massive amount of individual investors leave and the market bottoms out.
