Richard Peterson
Richard Peterson
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To sell it, you've got to believe in it, and we believe in it. When we go to St. Paul, or Washington, to talk to legislators about issues we care about, the more members we represent, the more confidence the legislators have that they'll have support if they respond to our views.
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You can just wait long enough and someone else will have an opposite opinion.
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With apologies to Frank Capra, it was a wonderful year for underwriting. There's no shortage of demand for money.
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Next week looks kind of low, ... We're headed into the late summer, pre-Labor Day drought for deals.
pain
It's nothing like that mind-numbing pain you were in before.
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The offer price is usually reserved for specialty clients and top brokers, ... There are starting to be some cracks in that barrier, but generally the average Jane or John will never (get access to the reserved inside price.)
hard
It's not good. Historically, it's hard to make up ground.
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The Blue Nile gain is almost three times the average IPO first-day gain, which is about 12 or 13 percent.
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It's good public relations (and) investor goodwill, ... (It) shows that we're standing by our shares, that we hope that the individual and institutional community follows suit.
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They can use that to buy E85. Membership in MCGA is your ticket to this excellent deal.
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The world prior to that legislation was tepid compared to the enormity, velocity and scope of the deals in telecommunications that we've seen since then.
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Whether they're successful in that pursuit remains to be seen,
We've very excited, especially to do this two years in a row.
playing track trying volume
Those of us who track this are playing catch-up with the deals, trying to get the all the volume totals.