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  Meet the SPAC: IPO 2.0

  By Ed McKinley

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  April 28, 2021

  What investors need to know about the recently resurrected investment structure For decades, the Russian proverb “Trust, but verify” has guided the United States in its dealings with the Soviet…
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  SPAC Bubble Babble

  By Garrett Baldwin

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  April 28, 2021

  Don’t worry about the market’s supposedly overheated penchant for SPACs. Worry about the armchair SPAC experts. And consider the risk-free WeWork trade. In August 2019, the news broke that one…
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  SPACs Have Their Moment

  By Christopher Vecchio

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  April 28, 2021

  Wall Street is spitting out special-purpose acquisition companies at a frenzied pace—but let the buyer beware By now, nearly everyone who’s interested in finance has heard of SPACs. They’re the…
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  A Six-Pack with Mark Yusko

  By Garrett Baldwin

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  April 28, 2021

  An institutional investor answers six questions on SPACs Mark Yusko founded Morgan Creek Capital and now serves as the firm’s CEO and chief investment officer. In February, the company teamed…
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  Star Power

  By Luckbox

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  April 28, 2021

  Celebrities from the worlds of sports, entertainment and investing bring business acumen and panache to SPACs Jay-Z Shawn Corey Carter, more commonly known as Jay-Z, has established himself as one…
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  The King of SPACs

  By Garrett Baldwin

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  April 28, 2021

  Doug Ellenoff, the founder of one of America’s leading SPAC law firms, explains the wildly popular investment vehicle. To understand the substantial value of SPACs, or special-purpose acquisition companies, Luckbox…
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  Media Coverage of SPACs

  By Garrett Baldwin

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  April 28, 2021

  Some financial journalists can’t be bothered with telling the true story of complex investment structures Print journalists and television talking heads seem plenty worried about SPACs, the special-purpose acquisition companies…
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  SPACs’ Bad Rap

  By Jeff Joseph

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  April 23, 2021

  If you in the SPAC game you know what I’m talking aboutWe sick of IPOs day one lockin’ us outMy man Randy first told me DraftKings would go publicIt’s mergin’…

• The Q1 Recap: Archegos, Cannabis, Energy, and More SPACs

  By Sage Anderson

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  April 12, 2021

  After a tumultuous trading year in 2020, the first quarter of 2021 saw valuations in the global financial markets continue to climb higher, with some market laggards transforming into market…
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  Rising Rates Could Pinch Hot Housing Market Later This Year

  By Sage Anderson

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  April 1, 2021

  The red-hot U.S. housing market hasn’t slowed down in 2021, with low inventories and strong demand now catalyzing bidding wars in some parts of the country.