Talk:Seasoned equity offering

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Distinction between seasoned equity offering and secondary equity offering

Currently the article says that seasoned equity offering and secondary equity offering are two names of the same process. However, as the name implies seasoned equity offering is an offering of the shares which has been already trading for some time on the market and the price of which had reached some stability. Meanwhile, secondary equity offering could be performed immediately after the IPO. According to Investopedia seasoned equity offering, which is also known as seasoned issue, is

[a]n issue of securities from an established company whose existing shares have exhibited stable price movements and substantial trading volume over time, thereby earning a good reputation.

See also definition from Finance Glossary.

--Bleeding Edge (talk) 13:53, 23 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]