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Market Capitalization
The total market value of a firm. It is defined as the product of the company's stock price per share and the total number of shares outstanding. The market cap should not be confused with the float, which is the amount of shares in circulation. A company's market cap can greatly exceed the float, especially in the case of a new publicly traded company.

Market Value
The market value of a company is determined by multiplying the number of shares outstanding by the current price of the stock.

Net Offerings
The SEC for years has allowed small companies to bypass the expensive system of using an underwriter through the Small Company Offering Registration process. The number of companies opting for a direct public offering has increased with the advent of electronic commerce on the Internet.

Net Road Show
The Internet has opened up a new way for companies to sell their deals to the public. Underwriters are starting to post on their web sites the presentation that management makes to institutional investors. These net road shows range from the video of an actual road show presentation, complete with questions from investors, to slides accompanied by audio. Regrettably, underwriters limit access to net road shows to institutional investors by requiring passwords and changing them frequently.

 

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