Research

September 28, 2026 - "Remember that time is money," declared Benjamin Franklin in his 1748 essay, Advice to a Young Tradesman. Franklin's revelation was an early statement on opportunity cost, or the value one gives up when making an economic choice. He gives an example in which…

September 20, 2026 - The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) is a foundational thesis in finance that is used to estimate the return an investor should expect from an investment given its exposure to market risk. In addition, it was likely the bane of many university students' existence in…

September 7, 2026 – AlphaRank Factor Performance represents the daily historical performance of Accelerate’s proprietary model factor portfolios. (more…)

August 26, 2026 - Private credit entered the second quarter under a cloud of negative sentiment. Loan marks have been under pressure, several high-profile 2021-vintage LBOs have struggled, and listed BDCs continue to trade at steep discounts to NAV. In the second quarter, nearly every Business Development Company…

August 23, 2026 - Wall Street is full of figures of speech -- the prime example being Wall Street itself, a metonym for the broader U.S. stock market, even though most securities trading no longer takes place there. Bull market, smart money, dry powder, falling knife, dead-cat bounce,…

August 7, 2026 – AlphaRank Factor Performance represents the daily historical performance of Accelerate’s proprietary model factor portfolios. (more…)

August 3, 2026 - The 2026 FIFA World Cup recently concluded as the most successful soccer (football?) tournament yet. Featuring nearly 7 million spectators across 104 matches and estimated global engagement as high as 5 billion people, the World Cup's cultural influence is undeniable. While the United States men's national…

July 20, 2026 - Growing up in the 1990s was a formative experience. Back then, there were many novel forms of entertainment that came and went, and that the current generation seemingly no longer gets to enjoy. Specifically, playing arcade games was arguably one of the most fun…

July 10, 2026 – AlphaRank Factor Performance represents the daily historical performance of Accelerate’s proprietary model factor portfolios. (more…)

June 28, 2026 - Merger and acquisition activity is cyclical. In a booming economic environment, corporate confidence rises, capital availability increases, and valuation gaps between buyers and sellers narrow, leading to robust deal-making. Conversely, as recessionary conditions emerge and market volatility increases, boardroom confidence falls, financing becomes constrained,…