Text size William Ackman Bryan Bedder / Getty Images for The New York Times A special-purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, sponsored by Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management, made its debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday in the largest initial public offering of blank checks. The offering …
Read More »Nikola slips 21% after company files for sale of 24 million shares (NKLA)
Nikola fell as much as 21% on Monday after the company released a prospectus describing its intention to sell up to 23.9 million shares. In addition, existing shareholders seek to sell up to 53.4 million shares, according to the prospectus. Nikola said the proceeds from the sale would be used …
Read More »Nikola Stock could have a wild week ahead
Text size Courtesy of Nikola. Investors must prepare for volatile week of stock trading by heavy-duty fuel cell truck pioneer Nikola. Stock guarantees, issued in some of the transactions that eventually brought the company to the public markets, can now be exercised. Shares slumped on the news on Friday, but …
Read More »Tesla’s shares soared. Then $ 55 billion was stripped of its value.
Text size Monday’s reversal was the biggest change from positive to negative for Tesla since June 30, 2010, one day after it went public. Photography by Andreas Dress After a wild Monday, Tesla shares lost about $ 55 billion from their intraday peak and closed 3.1%, after rising more than …
Read More »Tesla’s shares have more than doubled this year. Why this investor is still a fanatic.
Text size The Tesla showroom and service center in Amsterdam. (Photo by JOHN THYS / AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images This conversation with Baillie Gifford’s partner and global equity chief James Anderson about Tesla’s shares is excerpted from Barron’s recent mid-year Roundtable, released on July 10. To …
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