As of March 4, 61 companies have filed for initial public offerings (IPOs) in 2014, leaving many investors wanting to know how to invest in IPOs.
What makes initial public offerings intriguing is how they can bring huge first-day gains to shareholders.
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The IPO calendar is busy again this week with three companies going public on Friday, March 7.
Year to date, 57 companies have gone public in the United States, and it's still only the first week of March. Through the first three months of 2013, only 36 companies filed for IPOs.
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Given Wall Street's reaction to the Facebook and Twitter IPOs, it's fair to say investors are hungry for social media IPOs. Now, though, with no immediate U.S. IPO prospects, a Chinese company could end up being the biggest social media IPO of the year.
The 2014 IPO market is cluttered with hot tech offerings, but a clothing retailer might start stealing headlines as rumors pick up of a $5 billion J. Crew Group Inc. IPO.
Earlier this week, Bloomberg reported that J. Crew could be valued as high as $5 billion when it comes to market, citing anonymous sources close to the company. Reportedly, J. Crew has been interviewing numerous banks before making a final decision on an initial public offering.
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The 2014 IPO calendar has been full, with 51 companies already filing for initial public offerings, up 143% from the same time frame in 2013.
And these two similar tech IPOs have just joined the IPO must-watch list.
They are both file-hosting services that offer customers cloud computing, they are both based in California, and they both share half a name. Now they're both planning to go public in 2014.
Meet Box Inc. and Dropbox Inc.
The IPO market in 2014 has been crowded, and IPO ETFs are among the best way for investors to get in on the action.
So far, 35 companies have hosted initial public offerings through the first three weeks of February. That's up 75% from the same period in 2013.
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Facebook is crazy for wanting to buy messaging company WhatsApp for $19 billion - crazy like a fox. But most in the media have completely missed the key to why this deal is so smart.
This is how Facebook plans to become the king of mobile...
China's largest e-commerce company Alibaba is expected to go public later in 2014, but investors who want to profit from China's soaring e-commerce industry don't have to wait to make money.
China's e-commerce industry is the second-largest in the world. It's on track to overtake the United States as soon as 2016, according to eMarketer.
When rumors first began swirling last year about an Alibaba IPO, analysts estimated that China's largest e-commerce company could be valued as high as $100 billion.
According to a Reuters poll this month, eight analysts estimated that Alibaba could raise $15 billion through its IPO - at a valuation of $140 billion.
There's a reason why Alibaba's value continues to rise ahead of its IPO.
The e-commerce giant has been busy lately...
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Do you play Candy Crush Saga? Some 93 million people do - every day. And the money they pay for "powerups" has powered the profits of King Digital Entertainment. But with the gaming company now going public, we need to take a closer look at the numbers.
Here's why King's IPO will be more sour than sweet...
The rumors of a Spotify IPO were stoked yesterday (Monday) following a report that the music-streaming company is recruiting a U.S. financial reporting specialist.
The "External Reporting Specialist" job advertisement on Spotify's website states the company is looking for an employee who can "prepare the company for [U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission] SEC filing standards. Set up all reports necessary to be SEC compliant."
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It's the largest e-commerce company in China, which is the second largest e-commerce market in the world, but for many investors the question remains: "What is Alibaba?"
One answer: It's the largest initial public offering (IPO) hitting the markets as soon as this year. When rumblings of the Alibaba IPO started, it was thought that the company would be valued at $100 billion. Now, that figure has climbed as high as $150 billion.
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China's Alibaba is a clear leader in the world of e-commerce and is a combination of PayPal, eBay, and Google all rolled into one.
It accounts for more than 50% of online sales in China, the world's number two e-commerce market, and one that's on track to overtake the U.S. by the end of the decade.
Analysts expect the company to go public as early as the end of this quarter. And investor interest is off the charts...
This year has seen the busiest U.S. IPO market since 2007, with 199 companies already going public.
Their performance has investors fearing we've hit IPO market bubble territory.
Of the year's 199 IPOs, 23% priced above their initial IPO ranges.
Through the first two weeks of November, 16 companies have doubled their initial public offering price. Six companies doubled their IPO price on the first day of trading alone.
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The highly publicized Twitter IPO (NYSE: TWTR) has stolen the headlines this week, but a slew of other initial public offerings hit the market as well...
In fact, 16 IPOs priced this week, for a total value of $4 billion.
While social media companies like Twitter are popular offerings now, other sectors dominating the IPO market include biotech, cloud computing, and cybersecurity.
So to look past Twitter, here are some of the week's biggest IPOs and how the stocks have fared thus far.
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