economy
A Digression for Bernie M.
By David Feldman at 18 February, 2011, 8:11 am
Convicted swindler Bernie Madoff has relevance to the small and midcap worlds because this is where he lived mostly – in the penny stock world of small cap stocks. He was Chairman of the Nasdaq in its early years long before Microsoft was a household name. Apparently the narcissism never stops as BM has given [...]
Read More >>Left and Right Agree: Small Business is Key to our Economy
By David Feldman at 6 February, 2011, 10:17 am
Today would have been Pres. Ronald Reagan’s 100th birthday. There are various events and news reports covering this event. Why? Because most agree Reagan was a transformational figure in the world and in US politics. Most give him great credit for helping end the debilitating Cold War even if they didn’t always agree with his [...]
Read More >>Dow Nears 12,000 – Can We Enjoy This a Little?
By David Feldman at 21 January, 2011, 11:47 am
As we speak the Dow Jones Industrial Average is at 11,877. How far we’ve come! In March 2009 it hit a low of 6,470 after hitting an all time high of 13,930 in October 2007. So we’ve recovered over 80% from the bottom. Another 17% rise and we break the all time high. This is [...]
Read More >>New Year’s RM Wishes..
By David Feldman at 1 January, 2011, 11:24 am
My 8-year old is an avid Beatles fan so this year he decided to make New Year’s “revolutions,” but that’s for another day! Happy New Year to all my faithful blogees. Believe it or not we have been here for more than four years together watching dramatic changes in the economy, the market, the US [...]
Read More >>Our Litigious Society
By David Feldman at 21 December, 2010, 8:01 am
I first wrote some great client litigation ”war stories” here and then realized, of course, that even if I work to mask the parties and matters, attorney-client privilege for the most part prevents me from doing so. Instead I will simply offer some commentary on our crazed litigious country. In the UK, the loser in a lawsuit must [...]
Read More >>SEC Forum on Small Business Capital Formation: Part III
By David Feldman at 27 November, 2010, 3:29 pm
The final morning panel at the SECFOSBCF was a large group of individuals representing larger groups such as the ABA, the angel community, the biotech industry, the US Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Venture Capitalists and the National Association of Business Investment Companies. Each spoke for a few minutes about the issues their [...]
Read More >>SEC Forum on Small Business Capital Formation: Part I
By David Feldman at 19 November, 2010, 5:40 pm
I was an eager participant in yesterday’s Securities and Exchange Commission Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation (the good old SECGBFOSBCF). I traveled to the SEC’s modern DC auditorium for the event. In this first post on the event I thought I would review the comments of SEC Commissioner Troy A. Paredes and Chair Mary Schapiro at [...]
Read More >>Conferences Galore
By David Feldman at 13 November, 2010, 6:29 pm
Last week the DealFlow Media PIPE Conference. This week it’s both Maxim and Brean Murray sponsoring events. Unfortunately they are also at the same time as the SEC’s annual Small Business Conference. I will be down in Washington for Thursday’s SEC conference. At each of these SEC conferences, attendees break into small workshops. The workshops develop [...]
Read More >>See You at the PIPE Conference
By David Feldman at 8 November, 2010, 7:01 am
I am headed to the city of Lost Wages today for the 2010 PIPEs Conference sponsored by DealFlow Media. It’s always a worthwhile event. My panel on IPOs and APOs is Wednesday morning. After that I’m off to Los Angeles for client meetings. I have noticed a real uptick in activity in the capital markets, [...]
Read More >>Politics and Reverse Mergers
By David Feldman at 31 October, 2010, 11:09 am
Does the US political environment affect the world of IPO alternatives? You bet. With mid-term elections in the US set for Tuesday, along with a likely shift in political power in the US Congress, let’s spend a minute on why we care in RM land. As regular blogees know, this is not a political blog [...]
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