Chris Nerney

With one month left in 1999, the Internet IPO market is coming full circle. It started the year red-hot, cooled off in the middle months, and is sizzling again as we head into December. The collective first-day performance for Net IPOs in November was 118 percent, the best debut average since last March. Ten of […]

With Internet stocks heading toward the next millennium on a huge roll, it’s understandable if some Net investors feel as if the good times will continue indefinitely. But a study showing that growth in the U.S. Internet audience has slowed markedly since 1995 should serve as a new warning to investors to make their Web […]

If a light diet is best after Thanksgiving, then Internet IPO investors should be in good shape, for only a small number of new Net stocks are scheduled to be served up this week. The menu features only seven companies, ranging from a tiny appetizer (Streamedia Communications’ $8.5 million offering) to one relatively rich item […]

With Thanksgiving only a day away, now seems like an appropriate time to review who should be thankful in 1999. It’s a long list, for whatever the recent ups and downs in the market, Internet stocks as a whole have enjoyed tremendous success so far this year. Even taking into account Tuesday’s sell-off, internet.com’s Internet […]

It’s been almost invisible since going public last April, but keep an eye on “Gen Y” Web network iTurf (TURF), whose stock price doubled Monday after nearly six months of bottom-feeding. After closing at 13 3/4 last Friday, TURF soared to 20 5/8 on Monday, a clean 50% gain. Like virtually every other Internet stock, […]

When it was announced in January, the acquisition of No. 2 Internet portal Excite by cable access player @Home Network was touted as a bold move that would create an instant giant in the broadband content market. But there was always something forced about the union, and its seeming arbitrariness undermined any chance of real […]

After a slow start to the holiday shopping season, things are picking up for e-tailers. Two statistical indicators — internet.com’s weekly Internet StockTracker newsletter and the Nielsen/NetRatings Holiday E-Commerce Index — show increased activity on a number of e-tail sites, which means the spending season finally is beginning in earnest. Which is good news for […]

Its stock took one of the biggest one-day hits in memory, as shares plunged 52 percent on Oct. 22 following a quarterly report that fell short of analysts’ forecasts and a warning from company executives of delayed profits. In the past three weeks, however, Internet access hardware vendor Ramp Networks (RAMP) has bounced almost all […]

Three months ago, shareholders of online retailer eToys (ETYS) were looking ahead to the holiday season like a bunch of kids waiting to hear hoof steps on their snow-covered roofs. Now many are worried that Santa will pass them by altogether. ETYS shares are still trying to recover from a double blow delivered late last […]

One of the biggest Internet IPOs of this week could come from caching appliance vendor CacheFlow Inc. In much the same way as Cobalt Networks (COBT), CacheFlow has put together a number of elements that combine for a compelling public offering. Among them: The company has targeted a “hot” sector – infrastructure – that has […]

For a brief time earlier this year, StarMedia Networks (STRM) owned the spotlight as the leading Web portal player targeting the Latin American Internet market, which is expected to more than double (from 15 million to 34 million users) in the next year. But StarMedia’s stock has faded since its spring ticker debut, as heavyweights […]

Internet stocks have performed well in recent weeks, bolstered by some strong earnings reports last month, a number of torrid IPO debuts and anticipation over the coming holiday spending season. But you may be surprised at how well many Internet stocks have done. I pulled some data from a spreadsheet based on internet.com’s Internet Stock […]