SPACs Are Flailing
SPACs Are Flailing

SPACs—or special purpose acquisition companies—were once the darlings of Wall Street, but now they’re flailing, contends an article in The New York Times. The function of SPACs is to sell…

Hedge Fund Issues SPAC Warning
Hedge Fund Issues SPAC Warning

In a recent newsletter to investors, hedge fund firm Marshall Wace co-founder Paul Marshall issued a warning regarding the surge in special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs). This according to an…

The Explosion of SPACs -- Should You Care?
The Explosion of SPACs -- Should You Care?

By Justin J. Carbonneau (@jjcarbonneau) —  The odds of finding a pearl in your restaurant oyster are 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 12,000 depending on the species of mollusk.http://goldsteinsjewelers.blogspot.com/2014/06/gem-mythbuster-pearls-found-in.html This is an article…

SPAC Attack is Invading Wall Street
SPAC Attack is Invading Wall Street

Special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, are quickly becoming a “favorite source of financing for private companies looking to go public,” according to a recent article in The Wall Street…

The Ins and Outs of SPAC
The Ins and Outs of SPAC

Unique rights give to early investors in special-purpose acquisition companies (SPACs)—which aim to purchase promising startups and then take them public—if benefiting some of the “biggest players in finance, particularly…