The U.S. IPO Market Needs Saving. Could Paul Atkins Be the Answer?

This article from the Wall Street Journal highlights a significant decline in publicly traded companies, noting a drop from over 7,000 in 1998 to fewer than 4,000 last year, as reported by CRSP. 
CRSP Market Indexes (CRSPMI) announces the market cap breakpoints and effective ranking dates for its June 2025 quarterly index rebalancing. [...]
Using CRSP Market Indexes Methodology, CRSP Count™ tracks changes in the number of securities by market cap segments - Mega, Mid, Small and Micro - through time. [...]
We are delighted to invite Ph.D. students, faculty members, and friends to a WRDS webinar on the newly released CRSP CIZ (Version 2) data format. [...]
As communicated previously, CRSP is migrating to a new back office. This requires that subscribers migrate to the Stock & Indexes Flat File Format 2.0 (CIZ), which was made available [...]

In “Market Timing and Managerial Talent”, Keming Li’s exploration of how firms’ equity issuance strategies relate to executive talent is supported by CRSP US Stock Data. The study sheds light [...]

CRSP is proud that our historical data supports Barclay’s annual publication of their Equity Gilt Study. This year’s 70th edition continues to provide one of the most respected long-term views [...]

CRSP is pleased to recommend the latest documentary by award-winning filmmaker Erroll Morris. Featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, and spotlighted in an exclusive CNBC interview, it follows [...]
Notable items with this release include: - 2025 started out with short rally in January, but poor performance in Feb and March has erased those gains and left most Indexes [...]
As of Monday, April 7, 2025, CRSP offices are now located at: 500 W Madison St, Ste 2900 Chicago, IL 60661 [...]
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