The tyranny of gigantic tech stocks, which has supported the US equity market since March, had a major impact this week. For months, the most valued e-commerce and technology companies have staged an almost unrelenting rally during a public health crisis that has caused tremendous pain in the national and …
Read More »Variations on some topics: investors flock to the ETFs you’ve heard so much about
Investor interest in the exchange-traded thematic funds skyrocketed in the second quarter, according to a report released Monday. Thematic ETFs are funds that identify “powerful and disruptive macro-level trends and underlying investments that will benefit from the materialization of those trends,” wrote analysts at Global X, a thematic issuer of …
Read More »Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square wants to raise $ 4 billion for his SPAC
Text size Bill ackman Bryan Bedder / Getty Images for the New York Times Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management made a splash in late June, when he asked to raise a $ 3 billion blank check company with some unconventional terms. Voluntary initial public offering investors are clearly plentiful: …
Read More »Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square wants to raise $ 4 billion for his SPAC
Text size Bill ackman Bryan Bedder / Getty Images for the New York Times Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management made a splash in late June, when he asked to raise a $ 3 billion blank check company with some unconventional terms. Voluntary initial public offering investors are clearly plentiful: …
Read More »Spartan buys Fisker for $ 2.9 billion. What it says about hot electric vehicle stocks.
Text size Fisker believes that Ocean is the world’s most sustainable all-electric SUV. Courtesy of Fisker. It’s official. Spartan Energy Acquisition is buying California-based electric vehicle maker Fisker in a deal that values the startup at $ 2.9 billion, another $ 1 billion valuation for the ultra-powered alternative fuel space. …
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