On decline of U.S. IPO listings II.

• Author: Rees, Matthew
• Position: Global Market/Economic Trends - Initial public offerings - Brief article

"It is not only the share of U.S. IPOs that has been dropping precipitously, but, particularly in the small cap, emerging growth sector, it is also the absolute number that has fallen off the cliff. Consider the following: Throughout the 1990s (not just during the bubble at the end of the decade), there were an average of 157 technology IPOs per year in the United States. For the last six years, the average has been 27...