Insights | Accelerate Financial Technologies

Research

AlphaRank SPAC Monitor – Capitalizing on Poor SPAC Sentiment

March 30, 2022 - Negative sentiment in the SPAC market has been pervasive. Three factors have driven this negative sentiment: 1. Geopolitical conflict and rising interest rates causing volatility in equities and fixed income, leading to a skittish IPO market. 2. Continuous jawboning from the SEC on increased SPAC…

Damon Streuber30 March 2022

Podcasts

Absolute Return Podcast #206: Leadership Chat: Allego CEO Mathieu Bonnet

March 28, 2022 - On today’s podcast we welcome special guest, Allego CEO Mathieu Bonnet. Allego owns a pan-European electric vehicle charging network. (more…)

Damon Streuber28 March 2022

Podcasts

Absolute Return Podcast #205: Leadership Chat: Eve co-CEOs, Jerry DeMuro and Andre Stein

March 21, 2022 - On today’s podcast we welcome special guests, Eve co-CEOs, Jerry DeMuro and Andre Stein. Eve is a recent corporate carve-out from Brazilian multinational aerospace manufacturer Embraer and a leader in the development of next-generation Urban Air Mobility. (more…)

Sabrina Torres21 March 2022

Events

Protected: WEBINAR: NFTs: A Nascent Investable Asset Class With 10X Potential

This content is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password:

Mike Kesslering18 March 2022

Podcasts

Absolute Return Podcast #204: Leadership Chat: ElectraMeccanica Vehicles CEO Kevin Pavlov

March 14, 2022 - On today’s show we welcome special guest, ElectraMeccanica Vehicles CEO Kevin Pavlov. ElectraMeccanica is a Canadian designer and manufacturer of electric vehicles. The company’s flagship vehicle is the single-seat electric vehicle called the SOLO. On the podcast, Kevin discusses: The story…

Mike Kesslering18 March 2022

Blog

The 60/40 Portfolio Has Failed. Here’s How to Fix It

March 16, 2022 - The "classic" 60/40 portfolio, a strategy in which an investor holds 60% of their portfolio in stocks and 40% in bonds, has been viewed as a diversified and balanced allocation for decades. Its success is not surprising. Prior to this year, the…

Mike Kesslering16 March 2022

Press Releases

Accelerate Declares Quarterly Distributions

March 16, 2022 | CNW | - Accelerate Financial Technologies Inc., ("Accelerate") announced the March 2022, quarterly cash distributions for Accelerate Exchange Traded Funds ("Accelerate Funds"), summarized below, that are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange ('TSX"). The ex-dividend date for the distributions will be March…

Damon Streuber16 March 2022

Research

AlphaRank Top Stocks – March 2022

March 11, 2022 - AlphaRank Top Stocks for March 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…)

Mike Kesslering11 March 2022

Blog

Understanding the role of a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC)

March 10, 2022 - by Julian Klymochko for National Bank of Canada - Private companies have historically gone public via an IPO to raise capital and fund their growth ambitions. Apple, Amazon and Microsoft used this technique to go public early in their lifecycle to…

Mike Kesslering10 March 2022

Blog

Accelerate Monthly: Putin’s War and the Implications for Investors

March 8, 2022 - In the mid-aughts, an investment concept that quickly gained in popularity with allocators was the "BRICs" - a catchy acronym for the fast-growth (at the time) markets of Brazil, Russia, India and China. Underwriting the BRICs thesis was the higher-than-average economic growth of those…

Mike Kesslering8 March 2022

GET YOUR FREE EBOOK NOW!