John Fitzgibbons Quotations

Looks like a lot of the sparkle is coming out of the higher-tech issues. For the reason, look no further than the fall in the Nasdaq.

Mr. Lauren and his family are going to put into the bank around $450 million after this offering, which is not a bad piece of loose change.

Business-to-business deals are not as interesting as they once were,

June came up roses. The number of deals priced kept increasing, and we had 16 priced (the last) week.

We have a good market on our hands.

This would be interesting if it got priced. It's a concept type deal and not in reality a viable company yet.

We're starting to see something out of the restaurant sector now.

This one is right up there as the pick of the week.

Success breeds success, and we can expect to see more Chinese deals next year, assuming politics don't unhinge the market.

Defense stocks have been on a roll, particularly with the White House talking about increased spending in that area.

All you need to know is in the change in terms, ... The bankers have not been able to generate enough institutional interest.

Technology companies have snuck in and been profitable.

Energy is in and energy is hot. Peabody is a big profitable company.

Even if can't get in on the offer price you won't have to pay a huge premium now.

We are starting to see a building up of the calendar. We are seeing deals starting to appear that were not there before.

There is plenty of time to do whatever has to be done to correct the situation. I don't see any problems.

This company has restructured, ... Licensing memory seems to be going well for them.

This deal will very definitely get done. The selling shareholders have just stepped out of the picture.

This is not a strong time to take someone public.

This is the first defense-related IPO of this nature to come to market in five years.

It's safe. What you're going to be seeing initially is a lot of interest.

It's got the magic going for them. It makes products for fiber optic, broadband cable and wireless.

The Internet is hot, telecommunications is hot, the market is hot and you have the fairy dust of luck sprinkled into all of it that's resulted in this eruption today,

It's big and heavy so it won't move. But it's a solid company.

They are going to wind up in litigation. Investors are very poor losers.

Hope springs eternal on the small cap market.

They've never put a dime on their balance sheet.

It's a money loser. And highly speculative. In any other kind of market this would probably not draw any attention.

It's definitely a quiet time. But I've been looking for a few perky signs that the market might pick up, and we just might have them.

This has taken a little polish off the apple, but it's still an apple.

For a change, you've got the wind at the back of the IPO market,

There was a time when all this (tech consulting) was in play, but not now.

They have good revenue growth but the bottom line is still red ink.

They have all the key words to be successful, but not in this market,

They have been around since 1986, they're established, but where's the bottom line?

It's energy related and that's one of the active sectors.

You have all the negative things in the market place that you could possibly wish to have -- fear, politics, and choppy earnings.

This week's IPO calendar is quality all the way,

They're all solid companies. Several have revenues in excess of $1 billion and all are profitable.