Research

November 8, 2026 – AlphaRank Factor Performance represents the daily historical performance of Accelerate’s proprietary model factor portfolios. (more…)

November 2, 2026 - Business development companies (BDCs) and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) operate in seemingly different corners of the capital markets, however, are more closely connected than they initially appear. Primarily, BDCs provide debt financing to middle-market companies, generating returns through interest income, while M&A…

October 19, 2026 - George Soros will be remembered as not only one of the market's greatest global macro investors, but also one of its greatest philosophers. In addition to generating the 32% annualized return of his Quantum Fund between 1969 and 2000, he'll be remembered for writing 14…

October 9, 2026 – AlphaRank Factor Performance represents the daily historical performance of Accelerate’s proprietary model factor portfolios. (more…)

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…)