In the news: MasterCard biggest IPO of 2006, plus latest investor advisory

By: Ray Pellecchia

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A couple of notable news items today (yes, there's stuff going on here OTHER than merger talk!):

NYSE Lists MasterCard, Largest Domestic U.S. IPO in 2006 -- Today the NYSE listed the largest domestic U.S. IPO of 2006 when MasterCard Incorporated began trading under the ticker symbol “MA.” Raising $2.4 billion in its IPO, MasterCard is the largest domestic U.S. IPO of 2006 and the largest IPO on the NYSE year-to-date.

In 2005, the NYSE obtained approximately 91.5% of all domestic IPOs that qualified to list under the NYSE's standards, as measured by the aggregate proceeds raised by companies listing on U.S. exchanges. These IPOs represented $21.3 billion in proceeds.

Here's the link to our IPO Showcase .

And some news from NYSE Regulation, Inc.: Latest Edition of “Informed Investor” Series Advises What to Do If Your Broker Changes Firms -- NYSE Regulation, Inc. on Thursday announced publication of the latest edition of The Informed Investor series of information bulletins, titled “If Your Broker Changes Firms, What Do You Do?”

The publication provides important questions to ask and issues to consider when a broker asks a client to follow him or her to a new firm. The Informed Investor bulletins are published on http://www.nyseregulation.com

The Informed Investor series is designed to help individual investors protect themselves by providing them with information about safeguarding their money and avoiding investing problems.