Everyone was focused on DowDupont’s (DWDP) mega Dow (DOW) spinoff yesterday, but it wasn’t the only show in town. Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (IRWD) also completed the spinoff of Cycle...
A cross-country flight transporting a motley collection of violent and dangerous criminals? What could possibly go wrong? Nothing, until they take over the plane mid-air. Good thing Nicholas Cage is t...
The nontraditional lodging company that is shaking up the hotel industry is likely to take a nontraditional path to public markets in 2020.Airbnb, the internet unicorn that was once expected to go pub...
Paypal is in the business of money and the company recently announced the takeover of a price-tracking company called Honey Science Corp. People familiar with the takeover reported that Paypal w...
A roadshow is a trip by investment bankers to potential clients, pitching companies and ideas to them in the hope that they invest. It usually involves many different people within the bank, many pitc...
The risk-free rate is a key concept when valuing potential investments and balancing portfolios. It is simply the current interest rate paid on any investment deemed to be 'risk-free' (i.e. US/UK/Germ...
A firm's revolver is a line of short-term credit which the firm can access when it needs short-term funding to pay for operating expenses or one-time transactions. The revolver is always use...
A reverse repo is simply the other side of a repo agreement, i.e. purchasing assets at a given price with an agreement to sell them back at a higher price at some point in the futu...
Revenue is one of the most basic and fundamental financial figures for a company. It is the total amount of income from the sale of its products and/or services. Revenue is also known as gross income....
Return on Investment, or ROI, is an indicator of the profitability of an investment relative to the amount invested. The calculation for ROI is:( Final Value of Investment - Cost of Investment ) / Cos...