Tag: SPACs
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Special Purpose Acquisition Companies, or SPACs, have become all the rage in the last year. These “blank check” companies raise money from investors and then look for a company to acquire. They’re multiplying like rabbits: More than 300 such blind pools have come public so far this year according to…
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I came across an incredible stat today: Citing data from Dealogic, Barron’s notes that there have been 302 domestic initial public offerings (80% of which are blank-check outfits) raising an aggregate $102.3 billion, so far this year through March 10. For context, the 2020 full-year tally registered at 457 IPOs…
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So Tesla is doing great, right? And I sure would love to make as much money as Elon Musk! So let’s make our own vehicle startup. What should we call it? Hmm, picking a name is hard. Let’s just go with Tesla’s first name, Nikola! Now we have to make…