August 31, 2022 - Despite a flattish SPAC market and sentiment remaining relatively poor given overhanging macro uncertainty, the blank check market continues to drive forward with a steady stream of deal flow. (more…)
August 16, 2022 - AlphaRank Top Stocks for August represents Accelerate's predictive equity ranking according to its proprietary multi-factor model. Stocks with the highest AlphaRank are expected to outperform, while stocks with the lowest AlphaRank are expected to underperform. (more…)
August 08, 2022 – AlphaRank Factor Performance represents the daily historical performance of Accelerate’s proprietary model factor portfolios. (more…)
July 29, 2022 - As SPACs have made the difficult transition from "venture capital for the speculative public market investors" to "discounted T-Bills for the conservative asset allocators", special purpose acquisition companies went from trading at the peak of nearly 28% premium to NAV (i.e. $12.80 for…
July 27, 2022 - In April's Merger Monitor, I detailed why we did not hold a position in the Twitter merger arbitrage for the Accelerate Arbitrage Fund (TSX: ARB). Specifically, the sheer size of the deal and the shockingly high amount of leverage involved would give any seasoned…
July 18, 2022 - AlphaRank Top Stocks for July represents Accelerate's predictive equity ranking according to its proprietary multi-factor model. Stocks with the highest AlphaRank are expected to outperform, while stocks with the lowest AlphaRank are expected to underperform. (more…)
July 04, 2022 - From their bear market low of -4.1% (negative 4.1%!) in February 2021, SPAC yields have continued to surge upward as investor sentiment sinks to new lows. (more…)
June 24, 2022 - There are three things that are certain in life: death, taxes, and CNBC running a "Markets in Turmoil" special report once the S&P 500 has declined more than -5% in a month. (more…)
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