Interesting Job

Cest — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:19:15 -0400

Very interesting job.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcalasGr_uk&feature=related
I wonder what they pay....

follow-on offering question

Cest — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:13:34 -0400

what's the difference between a follow-on offering and a secondary offering?

Why does Preferred trade at discount to Ordinary?

Cest — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:11:16 -0500

why do they? Do voting rights carry most of the premium? Do they always trade at a spread or do they sometimes converge?

Interesting take on KKR

Cest — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:48:49 -0500

Some liberal website called War on Greed.com rags on Mr.Kravis and his wealth. It's somewhat funny but I don't think it was meant to be.

http://warongreed.org/ (the video is on front page)

Bloomberg - the company

Cest — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:54:00 -0400

Has anyone ever been to their office on 58th and lex? The place is a work of art..it's incredible. Discuss.....

any info/opinions on the company itself, the people, opportunities?

The (Mis) Behavior of Markets by Mandelbrot

Cest — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 13:02:00 -0400

The (Mis) Behavior of Markets: A Fractal View of Risk, Ruin And Reward by Benoit Mandelbrot. Has anyone read it? Worth the read?

Fit question

Cest — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 16:16:13 -0400

is it naive/arrogant to write in an email that you feel that you fit well with the culture of the group?

Acronym Question GEM

Cest — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 02:13:12 -0400

BoD called a GEM. What is GEM? I think it's a shareholders meeting but does anyone know what exactly GEM stands for?

road show of a sort lunch

Cest — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 01:35:11 -0400

I am attending a lunch event tomorrow with the mgmt of a mining firm gearing up for an IPO. The offer targets only institutional investors and they are listing on LSE. Since I am very green and have no experience with this kind of thing, I was wondering what would be the relevant things to listen for and what would be some good things to jot down? I am not affiliated with any bank just going for educational purpose, but I hope to be able to comment on it intelligently to someone.

IPO Season

Cest — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:48:13 -0400

When is considered to be the "IPO Season" and does it vary by regions, industry/sector?