Companies in the IPO pipeline are responding to the souring economic outlook.
Network 1 Financial Securities of Red Bank, N.J., has underwritten six microcap IPOs this year.
Corporate America is seizing an opportunity and ramping up equity offerings.
More than 70 recent initial public offerings are reporting earnings this week.
IPOs and secondary offerings have raised nearly $50 billion globally this month alone.
The tech sector's move towards direct listings has failed to live up to its hype.
Companies are racing to raise easy money while they can.
Skeptical investors who stuck to their guns while the IPOs surged are finally being rewarded.
New junk bonds and IPOs have observers worried that the market's trying to have a last hurrah at investors' expense.
The 2018 IPO class looks especially vulnerable to the impact of an extended government shutdown.