Corey Ostman
Corey Ostman
deal product
This is a real company, with a real product and real services. This isn't a speculative deal like a dot.com.
coming deals lower price since stick terms
Since we're coming out of a gap, we would like to see the deals stick with their price ranges. This would show they didn't lower their terms to get the institutions to bite.
deal fairly fast food good portfolio price regional retailers somewhat sort spark
They have a good portfolio of fairly well-known retailers in the fast food market, they're somewhat regional in the South, and that will be enough to spark some interest. But it's not a deal that will see any sort of price movement.
bring careful deals opportunity waiting
Underwriters are very careful now in how they bring their deals out. They're just waiting for the opportunity to bring their deals forward.
deal huge movement price size sort
For the size of the deal, it did fantastic. That's a huge deal so to get any sort of price movement is great.
course deal expect jump
It is an NYSE deal and of course you don't expect to see a lot of jump with those.
company deals decent market revenue sort tech
The market for tech deals is sort of on-again, off-again, so you've got to look at the fundamentals that they have decent revenue for a company this size.
best capital consulting deal firm human instead market people perspective profitable sector value
The human capital sector is very hot. But . . . the market may value this deal as a consulting firm instead of a human capital firm. That's just not the best sector right now. People have the perspective that it's not the most profitable industry.
general
After the genomic (breakthrough) biotech in general has been doing really well.
bottom exact price
Exact did have to price at bottom of the range, but at least they didn't have to cut.
among brand decent demand developing seem
The interesting thing is that they seem to be developing pretty decent brand recognition among consumers. It does show that there is some demand for more non-infrastructure issues.
attention good heard market online question whether
It will be interesting to see if an online retailer can come into this market and get a good response. Everyone's heard of them but the question is whether they'll get the attention of the Street.
gets given last market slow slower start year
Every year the IPO market gets off to a slow start, and given last year's performance, it should get off to an even slower start this year.
good time
This is not a good time right now for Nextel to come out.