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The Rise of SPACs

The Rise of SPACs

Jack Geiger
Investing

A new investment vehicle recently invaded markets, having a profound effect on traditional investing. A SPAC, or Special Purpose Acquisition Company, has drawn enormous attention in recent months. SPACs are becoming extremely popular with nearly everyone who has large sums of money and willing to invest. From NBA All-Star Shaquille O’Neal, to Republican giant Paul Ryan, to world-renown investor Bill Ackman, SPACs are a must have. According to Peter Atwater, founder of research firm Financial Insyghts, “If you don’t have your own SPAC, you’re nobody” (Ramkumar and Farrell, 2021). These new investment vehicles have uprooted traditional capital raising.

Is This As Good As It Is Going To Get?

Is This As Good As It Is Going To Get?

Alex Naimo
Finance, Investing

As the year 2020 will live in infamy for the negative health implications it brought to the globe, 2020 will also be remembered for the most contradicting state of global capital markets which investors have ever seen. As 2021 begins, the S&P 500 Index hit an all-time high of 3,870.90 on January 26th, while the ensuing coronavirus has been exponentially increasing in cases per day (Yahoo Finance, 2021). Reactions from investors have been contradictory as they have been put into a dilemma on the basis of fundamental analysis, ethics, and capital allocation.