Tag: Twitter valuation

November 07, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

Twitter prices IPO at $14.2B valuation, greymarket still at $21-23B

Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) will need to trade up more than 60% on Thursday for greymarket traders to make money. Retail forex brokers plan to make a lot of money around Twitter's IPO and the event of Twitter becoming a public company. But how about the Twitter greymarket traders? After many months of anticipation and (seemingly endless) talk…

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November 05, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

Forex brokers begin to launch 'Trade Twitter' campaigns

AvaTrade offering free Twitter shares, IG pushes Twitter trading The buzz surrounding Twitter’s IPO is helping some forex brokers break new ground in their marketing campaigns. Dublin based AvaTrade is running a 25 Free Twitter Shares campaign, offering new traders who register for an account a what essentially equates to a free 50 USD/EUR sign up bonus.…

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November 04, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

Twitter greymarket valuation and volumes rise as IPO pricing nears

Twitter is expected to price its IPO later this week, greymarket pegs $22-$23 billion valuation. After much anticipation, social networking icon Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) is finally expected to price its IPO later this week (November 7), barring any last minute change in plans. And while the latest version of Twitter's IPO prospectus still shows a $10-$11…

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October 16, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

Twitter chooses NYSE over Nasdaq, greymarket value and volumes rise

Twitter IPO targeting November 15 to begin trading as Twitter prepares for an end-of-October investor roadshow. Twitter has issued an update to its IPO prospectus, and in it surprised many in the financial world by selecting to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:TWTR) over Nasdaq. Nasdaq is home to many if…

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October 10, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

Twitter IPO greymarket CFD update – valuation up, volumes building

Twitter now being valued at between $17-$18 billion, well above the $11 billion figure when the Twitter IPO was announced. Quick update on one of the more interesting stories we've been covering lately, that of Twitter's upcoming IPO. As we wrote earlier, some enterprising forex brokers in the UK -- namely ETX Capital and IG.com --…

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September 23, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

Twitter IPO greymarket trading launched at IG.com

IG joins ETX Capital in making a greymarket in Twitter shares. LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that UK spreadbetting leader IG.com has quietly launched greymarket trading in shares of Twitter. Those traders who do not want to wait for Twitter's actual IPO, recently announced and planned for later in Q4, can already take a position…

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September 13, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

Twitter IPO can already be traded – at ETX Capital

UK Spreadbetting company ETX sets up Twitter greymarket with $10.5-$11.5 billion valuation spread. LeapRate Exclusive... Forex and spreadbetting traders are very familiar with the power of social networking, so it is no surprise that Forex brokers are going to harness the popularity surrounding Twitter's just-announced IPO to attract traders. The first? UK spreadbetting firm ETX…

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