Nine Weeks

Quite unexpectedly, in the beginning of this year, when markets are generally somnolent, shipping transactions in the capital markets were on a tear. During this very short period of nine weeks in 2010, there were 10 equity deals, 2 shelf registrations, 4 bond transactions, 2 mergers and acquisitions and one joint venture. As a consequence, we thought it would be worthwhile to pause and take a look back on the first nine weeks of this year, as reported in Freshly Minted, and try to glean meaning, if any, from the facts reported.

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