For the week May 14th, 2007 Almost twice the crop of last week Mr. gaskins had his work cut out for him. Unfortunately for this round, there are no stellar buys only average offerings. Mr. Gaskins provides is usual grade and rank as seen below. First is CAI International (CAIU) C+, 7 a container freight company offering leasing & management. Next up is another in a series of China solar cell firms, China Sunergy (CSUN) C+, 7 Continental Resources (CLR) C+, 7 is in the energy sector providing oil & gas production and exploration services. EnerNOC (ENOC) C+, 7 manages & reduces electricity consumption for commercial and industrial companies. Almost expected are this week's pharmaceutical companies. Eurand NV (EURX) C, 7 specialty pharma. Insulet Corporation (PODD) C, 7 providing an insulin infusion system for diabetics. In the related health care sector Skilled Health Group (SKH) B-, 7 is a company providing long-term health care services. Rounding out the week is the along waited TechTarget (TTGT) C+, 7 a publisher providing related IT buyer/seller services and TriMas Corporation (TRS) C+, 7 a global mfg conglomerate.

This week Mr. Gaskins features analysis of six IPOs. Provided are his grade and ranking for each. First is Aecom Technology (ACM) a firm providing consulting to government and commercial clients. with a grade and rank of B- and 8. Biodel (BIOD) is a biopharma company coming in with C and 6. JMP Group (JMP) a boutique investment bank debuts as C+ and 7. Pinnacle Gas Res (PINN) offers natural gas exploration services C+ and 7. Solera Holdings (SLH) is a software and services company serving auto claims sector C+ and 8. Lastly there is TomoTherapy (TTPY) who develops cancer radiation systems C+ and 8. Also mentioned in this cast are: (FLR) (IBKR) (JEC) (KBR) (SLH) (URS)

For the week of April 23, 2007 Mr. Gaskins keeps the bar firmly high for 2007 IPOs. With market conditions seemingly better the companies coming to market just keep rolling on. But will investors find great opportunity with these offering? Gaskins presents his analysis if recent offerings and those just around the bend. Companies listen in this report are as follows; noting their grade and IPO Hardball rank. CardioMEMS (SENS) a wireless sensors for cardiovascular systems company: C+, 8 Cinemark Holdings (CNK) who operates 392 movie theaters: C+, 7 EDENOR (END) a large electricity distribution company in Argentina: C+, 7 EndoCeutics (ENCX) who develops hormones for cancer & endocrine disorders: C, 5 OceanFreight (OCNF) a startup shipper seeking to acquire ships: C+, 6 Ocean Power Tech (OPTT) an energy company developing technology to pull electricity from ocean waves: C, 6 Orexigen (OREX) who is developing central nervous system disorder treatments: C, 7 Pharmasset (VRUS) creating hepatitis, HIV oral therapeutic treatments: C, 6 Vaughan Foods (FOOD) a regional food processor and packager: C, 5 Also covering in this cast is a recap of last week's prospects (PCS) (DEEP) (SCR)

For the week of April 16 IPO MetroPCS Communications http://www.metropcs.com/ (PCS) leads off with an impressive $1 billion IPO. This wireless communication service company has been waiting for the right moment to hit Wall Street. Will the promise of new 3G http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3G features make this cell play the right one? Mr. Gaskins provides the following analysis and rating: Grade/score, B-, 8 A trio of smaller IPOs show that Pharma and Energy are still hot. Simcere Pharmaceutical (SCR) http://www.simcere.com/english/about/about.asp has a $210mm IPO. This company is is a double play for those interested in China as well as Pharma. But listen to the analysis and hear why this company rates: Grade/score, B-, 8 The last company for this week's analysis is Superior Offshore International http://www.superioroffshore.com/ (DEEP) with a $130mm IPO. This Subsea services to oil/gas comapny gets a Grade/score, C+, 7 from Mr. gaskins. With energy http://www.bloomberg.com/energy/ so hot, find out why this company may not. PCS, SCR, DEEP, COMV, DVR, HOGG, OII

This cast starts with a review of last week's IPOs and their performance. The following show: Company (ticker), IPO size, % change from IPO price, sector, grade, and score. CastlePoint (CPHL) $89mm, +11% property/casualty insurance/reinsurance: C+, 7 Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP) $283mm, +3.5% LP for LNG terminal in Louisiana: C+, 7 Glu Mobile (GLUU) $84mm, flat Publishes games for mobile telephones: C+, 7 And Blackstone filed a private equity IPO This weeks IPOs include: Aruba Networks (ARUN), $72mm secure data wireless networking: C+, 8 Capital Products L.P (CPLP) $236mm shipping vessel partnership: C+, 7 eTelecare Global (ETEL) $74mm voice-based business outsourcing: C+, 7 Flagstone Reinsure (FSR) $175mm property and casualty reinsurance: C+, 7 GSI Technology (GSIT) $58mm SRAM integrated circuits: C+, 6 SenoRx (SENO) $66mm medical devices: C, 8 Super Micro (SMCI) $84mm high performance servers: B-, 7 Other companies mentioned in this cast are: (ARUN) (AXP) (BX) (CPHL) (CPLP) (CQP) (CSCO) (CY) (DELL) (ETEL) (EXLS) (GLUU) (GSIT) (HPQ) (IBM) (JNJ) (MOT) (SENO) (SMCI) (TWX) (WIT)

The Blackstone Group L.P. $4 billion proposed IPO; proposed symbol (BX) The Blackstone Groupis a leading global alternative asset manager and provider of financial advisory services. One of the largest independent alternative asset managers in the world, with assets under management of approximately $78.7 billion as of March 1, 2007. The alternative asset management businesses includes management of corporate private equity funds, real estate opportunity funds, funds of hedge funds, mezzanine funds, senior debt vehicles, proprietary hedge funds and closed-end mutual funds. Also provides various financial advisory services, including mergers and acquisitions advisory, restructuring and reorganization advisory and fund placement services. This cast also mentions Fortress Investment Group (FIG)

This week Mr Gaskins looks at CastlePoint (CPHL) is a Bermuda holding company organized to provide property and casualty insurance and reinsurance business solutions, products and services primarily to small insurance companies and program underwriting agents in the United States. Tower Group Inc. (TWGP) is the sponsor for Castle's IPO Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP) is a limited partnership formed in November 2006 by Cheniere Energy, Inc (LNG) Cheniere Energy Partners has been authorized to list its common units on the American Stock Exchange under the symbol CQP. The partnership will develop, own and operate the Sabine Pass liquefied natural gas receiving terminal under construction in western Cameron Parish, La. Other energy related IPOs so far this year include Duncan Energy Partner (DEP) Legacy Reserve (LGCY) MV Oil Trust (MVO) Targa Resources (NGLS) Glu Mobile (GLUU) is a leading global publisher and developer of more than 100 casual and traditional games for the mobile market based on third-party licensed brands. Competitors include Electronic Arts Inc. (ERTS) and THQ Inc. (THQI) Also hear comments about private equity firm Blackstone's potential IPO. Data on last weeks IPOs are as follows: FCStone Group (FCSX) +30% BigBand Network (BBND) +28% Tongjitang Chinese Medicines (TCM) -2.5%

Of the 105 IPOs from October 20, 2006 through March 9, 2007, the average gain was 16% For the 10 companies in the tech sector, the average gain was 12% Going into their IPOs Four were profitable AeroVironment (AVAV) IPG Photonics (IPGP) Opnext (OPXT) and Mellanox Technologies (MLNX) Six were unprofitable Clearwire (CLWR) Guidance Software (GUID) Isilon Systems (ISLN) Salary.com (SLRY) Sourcefire (FIRE) and Switch and Data (SDXC)

Follow-on analysis of Clearwire Corp. (CLWR) a wireless broadband company, Sourcefire (FIRE) involved in network security, and Xinhua Finance Media Limited (XFML) a Chinese business and financial news corporation. Discussed this week: BigBand Networks (BBND) who provides network platforms for cable operators and telephone companies. Competitors include Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) Motorola Inc. (MOT) FCStone Group (FCSX) a commodity risk management consulting firm. FCSX operates as an integrated FCM (futures commission merchant), which is an organization which assists primarily middle-market customers inoptimizing their profit margins and mitigatingcommodity price risk.. Photowatt Tech (PHWT) a company that designs, manufactures and sells photovoltaic solar cells & modules. Photowatt competitors include Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (STP) and SunPower Corporation (SPWR) Tongjitang Chinese Med (TCM) is a specialty pharmaceutical company in China involved in modernized trad Chinese medicine. The flagship product, Xianling Gubao, is the leading traditional Chinese medicine for the treatment of osteoporosis in China

This is the first full IPO Hadrball podcast. This week the following firms are covered. Clearwire (CLWR) The Business builds and operates next generation wireless broadband http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadband_wireless networks that enable fast, simple, portable, reliable and affordable Internet communications. Xinhua Finance http://www.xinhuafinance.com/en/ (XFML) The business acquired companies to build an integrated platform of media products and services . Outlets reach an estimated 210 million potential television viewers, a potential listening audience of 33 million people, and the readers of leading magazines and newspapers. Sourcefire (FIRE) The business is a leading provider of intelligence driven, open source network security http://sectools.org/ solutions that enables customers to protect their computer networks in an effective, efficient and highly automated manner. OncoGenex (OCGI) The business is a biopharmaceutical company committed to the development and commercialization of new cancer therapies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer that address treatment resistance in cancer patients. Product candidates are being developed to block the production of specific proteins associated with the development of treatment resistance which OGXI believes will increase survival time and improve the quality of life for cancer patients.