January 21, 2024 - It turns out it indeed was a suckers' rally. The junk stock surge that accompanied 2023's year-end stock market bull run, in which the most shorted securities jumped more than 20% in a matter of weeks, has completely reversed itself over the…

January 13, 2024 – AlphaRank Factor Performance represents the daily historical performance of Accelerate’s proprietary model factor portfolios. (more…)

December 30, 2023 - Four years ago, the blank check market was a niche backwater of the capital markets with just 90 special purpose acquisition companies trading, representing an aggregate market capitalization of less than $25 billion. Active participants in the asset class were pleasantly surprised when…

December 28, 2023 - As we conclude 2023, the landscape of corporate merger and acquisition activity has been marked by a dynamic interplay of strategic consolidations and industry realignments. Corporations maneuvered through a rising, then falling, interest rate environment, and a volatile but ultimately well-performing equity market. Periods of…

December 17, 2023 - The tremendous rally in equities and risk assets in November, spurred by declining interest rates and the most significant easing of financial conditions in four decades, was led by the lowest-quality stocks. Last month, top-ranked Canadian stocks gained 3.4% while the top-decile U.S.-listed…