A special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) is a company with no commercial operations that are created to raise capital through an IPO to acquire another company. The SPAC is also called for that reason a “blank checkcompany” as it will use the money provided by investors to enable privat...
the latter is a mutual fund that invests in high-quality, short-term debt instruments and cash equivalents. Many are also insured by theFederal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
The opposite of a head and shoulders chart is theinverse head and shoulders, also called a head and shoulders bottom. It is inverted with the head and shoulders bottoms used to predict reversals in downtrends. This pattern is identified when theprice actionof a security meets the following cha...
Triple tax advantage:Paycheck contributions are pre-tax and grow tax-free in your account and withdrawals for qualified medical expenses aren't taxable. At 65, you can withdraw for any reason without paying a 20% penalty, though the money is taxed as income if its not used for health-relate...
Savings bonds are a type of debt security issued by the U.S. government. Unlike typical bonds that pay interest regularly, a savings bond is a zero-coupon bond, meaning it pays interest only when it is redeemed by the owner. The bond is also nontransferable, so it can’t be sold to...
On the other hand, if you’re investing in real estate investment trusts, leases are going to be your bread and butter. Does yourindustrial REITfavor triple-net leases and have low property-related overhead, or is it holding the bag on a bunch of legacy single-net leases that continue to...
Investors might want to bet on Materialise (MTLS), as it has been recently upgraded to a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). This upgrade primarily reflects an upward trend in earnings estimates, which is one of the most powerful forces impactin
Video game retailer GameStop (GME) has experienced bullish momentum this year, as one can see in the chart below. And the company is set to report its Fiscal Q3 earnings on December 10th. While the stock has often traded as a "meme stock," the hype has e
“Responsible investment is an approach to investing that aims to incorporate ESG factors into investment decisions, to better manage risk and generate sustainable, long-term returns.” A study by Bridges Fund Management entitled ‘The Bridges Spectrum of Capital’ in 2015 said the difference between...
In this study, we employ firms' sustainability news releases during the crisis to examine its effect on the crash risk. The rationale is threefold. First, such a release draws stakeholders' attention more broadly because it coordinates their attention through agenda-setting (Barnett, 2014; Tang &...