EQT Will be First IPO Post Facebook Inc

More than a month has passed since the rocky May 18 debut of social-network website, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB). And in that time many offerings have been delayed or withdrawn. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB)'s stock had slumped 32 percent from the IPO price, before staging a smart recovery to end 13 percent lower from its offering price on Friday. But this has done little to erase scars of many retail investors who have simply abandoned the equity market.

The coming week will see a quartet of new offerings hit the market, and if IPO-research firm Renaissance Capital is to be believed,...