Common Stock and the Invesment Banking Process

The Market for Common Stock

1. Initial Public Offerings by privately held firms
• IPO Central
• Score Offerings - Small Corporation Offering Registrations (SCOR) is a process to register public offerings in most
  states without going through the time and expense of filing a registration with the SEC. SCOR permits a company to sell (in a 12 month period) up to $1 million worth of unrestricted securities.
• Internet Stock Offerings
• Rain Forest Company
2. Additional shares sold by established, publicly owned companies, secondary offerings

Decision to go Public - Slides (7-8)

• Advantages of Going Public
• Disadvantage of Going Public

Advantages and Disadvantages of Common Stock (Slides 3-4)

Regulation and the Investment Banking Process

• Securities and Exchange Commission
• SEC and Small Business Offerings

Investment Banking Process - Slides (21- 23)