May 30, 2026 - Marking an investment to market involves valuing the asset based on its current market price, rather than its historical cost or what the asset owner thinks  it "should" be worth. For example, if a fund bought a bond for $100 and comparable bonds…

May 25, 2026 - “The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable,” quipped legendary economist John Kenneth Galbraith. Galbraith's line is a sharp jab aimed at the difficulty and false precision inherent to economic forecasts. He compares economic forecasting to astrology because both can appear…

May 16, 2026 – AlphaRank Factor Performance represents the daily historical performance of Accelerate’s proprietary model factor portfolios. (more…)

May 1, 2026 - The world of finance is littered with three letter acronyms. To add to the plethora of those regularly discussed in this memo (to be fair, it is about M&A and SPACs), CVR is one that should be in investors' lexicons. We previously…

April 27, 2026 - One of the biggest challenges that an investor may face is buying a stock when it is trading at its 52-week high. There are several reasons why buying at this level can be psychologically difficult: Investors anchor to lower past prices. If…