The Wall Street primer : the players, deals, and mechanics of the U.S. securities market /

Pedersen, Jason A,

The Wall Street primer : the players, deals, and mechanics of the U.S. securities market / [print] Jason A. Pedersen. - Westport, Connecticut : Praeger, (c)2009. - xii, 246 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.



The basics -- The three principal ingredients of a business -- Seed capital and related matters for startups -- Early stage institutional capital -- Mid-stage private capital -- Later-stage financing and investment bankers -- Late-stage financings and private placements -- Paths to liquidity for private companies -- Considerations for selling a private company -- The process for selling a company -- Initial public offerings: selecting underwriters -- Initial public offerings: transaction process and structural considerations -- Initial public offerings: valuation and marketing -- Initial public offerings: pricing, trading, and other thoughts -- Public investors and life as a young public company -- Follow-on offerings and liquidity for insiders -- Acquiring businesses: targeting opportunities to fuel growth -- Acquiring businesses: valuations, fairness opinions and the approval process -- Business difficulties and stock drops -- Financing considerations for a maturing business -- When things slow down: creating shareholder value and related topics.



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Securities industry--United States.
Stock exchanges--United States.
Investments--United States.
Stocks--United States.

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