IPO expert and Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter joins Yahoo! Finance Live to discuss the SPAC deal for the Peter Thiel-backed company Rumble, which has started trading on the stock exchange, and also weighs in on the Porsche and Instacart
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Apple is now the market’s most shorted stock. If Tesla is an example, that’s bullish.
Apple shareholders need not worry that it’s the most-shorted U.S. stock. A report from short-seller analytics firm S3 Partners said that, after 864 days in which Tesla TSLA, 1.53% was at the top of this list, Apple AAPL, 0.96% has acquired
Corebridge IPO shows appeal of crowd support for companies
Corebridge, the life and asset management business of insurance group AIG, went public this week with the help of 43 different banks, the second-highest number of managing underwriters for a US listing on record, according to data collected by the
Here’s why Florida should provide broadband leadership
“The federal government is on a path to waste over $30 billion of the $65 billion it plans to spend over the next few years to expand broadband services throughout the nation,” writes Mark Jamison, Public Utility Research Center Director
SPAC market hits a wall as issuance dries up and valuation bubble bursts
The SPAC boom is officially a thing of the past. “I think that was a once-in-a-lifetime experience just like during the internet bubble,” said Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter. “A year ago, the whole market was overpaying and now we
I’ve Never Been an Impulse Buyer—Until Now
Sometimes, says Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter, rather than cutting back on big purchases during periods of high inflation, we actually end up spending more. In a way, he says, we’re trying to “lock in” prices now on these long-desired
A global impact through virtual exchange
In the Fall of 2021, Paloma Rodriguez, Director of the Office of Global Learning, forwarded to me an electronic request from an instructor in Ecuador who was interested in a virtual exchange activity for a statistics class. I reached out
Meet Warrington’s new faculty for 2022
The Warrington College of Business is proud to welcome 11 new faculty members to campus in the 2022-2023 academic year. Learn more about these outstanding new members of the Warrington team who will continue to strengthen the college’s reputation and
What’s the impact of the Inflation Reduction Act for EVs?
Policymakers are trying to facilitate the expansion of electric vehicles as part of efforts to nudge the public towards cleaner energy. The Inflation Reduction Act, signed into law by U.S. President Joe Biden earlier this month, is one of those
Congress could weaken U.S. competitiveness with these two bills
“Two bills currently being considered by the U.S. Senate—the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA) and the Open App Markets Act (OAMA)—would, if passed and signed into law, result in significant redesigns of technology platforms of the U.S. companies Apple, Meta