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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…)

August 3, 2026 - The 2026 FIFA World Cup recently concluded as the most successful soccer (football?) tournament yet. Featuring nearly 7 million spectators across 104 matches and estimated global engagement as high as 5 billion people, the World Cup's cultural influence is undeniable. While the United States men's national…

July 20, 2026 - Growing up in the 1990s was a formative experience. Back then, there were many novel forms of entertainment that came and went, and that the current generation seemingly no longer gets to enjoy. Specifically, playing arcade games was arguably one of the most fun…

July 10, 2026 – AlphaRank Factor Performance represents the daily historical performance of Accelerate’s proprietary model factor portfolios. (more…)

June 28, 2026 - Merger and acquisition activity is cyclical. In a booming economic environment, corporate confidence rises, capital availability increases, and valuation gaps between buyers and sellers narrow, leading to robust deal-making. Conversely, as recessionary conditions emerge and market volatility increases, boardroom confidence falls, financing becomes constrained,…

June 20, 2026 - The New York Knicks’ successful 2026 NBA championship campaign was notable for a couple of reasons. First, New York had not won the title since 1973, a 53-year wait. The team finally ended one of the league's most famous title droughts. Second, they went…

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

June 1, 2026 - The great SPAC boom kicked off in the spring of 2020 as markets bounced back from the record-quick Covid bear market. Due to the pandemic-led global recession, governments and central banks around the world unleashed an unprecedented combination of fiscal and monetary policy…