Elizabeth Pierce, an analyst at Roth Capital Partners, is convinced that Urban will continue its winning ways.

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Share of enterprise software provider Informatica are trading higher this morning after Roth Capital analyst Nathan Schneiderman lifted his rating on the stock to Buy from Neutral, asserting that a recent sell-off was overdone.

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"An advantage of a PIPE is that an institutional investor can take a large position in an illiquid stock, " said Byron Roth, chairman of Roth Capital Partners, which raised the most money in PIPE deals last year.

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Between 2010 and the end of October, 49 U.S.-listed companies announced their intention to give up their U.S. listing, 19 of which had already completed the process and become private firms, according to investment firm Roth Capital.

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Knowing this might help you understand why many folks decide to put the asset with the greatest potential for capital appreciation in their Roth, since it can work for them longer and they get to keep all of the gains.

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The addition of Ackman and Roth comes after the retailer enlisted Barclays Capital and Goldman Sachs as advisors and enacted a shareholder rights plan, following the Pershing and Vornado disclosures in October.

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Roth recognizes that this hurts the creation of capital.

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