Over the past few days, Big Tech companies have demonstrated impressive political power. As a result, their futures are now tied more to politics than ever before, writes Public Utility Research Center Director and Gunter Professor Mark Jamison. Read Jamison’s
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Analysis: U.S. IPO market faces first big test of 2021
At least eight businesses are set to price initial public offerings (IPOs) in New York in the next three days, seeking to capitalize on what has been the strongest IPO market in two decades. Data from Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter
Grantham’s warning makes vigilant bulls of us all
“Stocks should be OK, provided the Fed keeps rates low and investors don’t go too crazy. There isn’t much margin for error,” suggests John Authers. Data from Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter informs this story from Bloomberg.
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First the cyberattack hits. Then the insider trading.
Andy Naranjo, John B. Hall Professor of Finance and Chairman of the Eugene F. Brigham Finance, Insurance and Real Estate Department, and Svetlana Petrova (Ph.D. ’20) share their striking evidence of pre-disclosure spikes in options trading in this story from
Alternative New Year’s Resolution: Focus on three key strivings instead of setting big goals
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Is anyone even making new year’s resolutions anymore? It feels like it’s resolve enough just to carry on from day to day. And while this is a moment, if ever there was one, to give yourself
The bubble isn’t what you think it is
“The sheer number of initial public offerings has helped fuel the comparisons to the dot-com bubble, as nearly 500 companies went public in 2020, the most since 1999. But that number may overstate things a bit,” writes Ben Levisohn of
Why do different countries have different electric outlet plugs?
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Why do different countries have different electric outlet plugs? – Evie H., age 9, Seattle,
Market edges toward euphoria, despite pandemic’s toll
Investors of all stripes piled into stocks this year, creating levels of froth reminiscent of the dot-com boom. Analysts say there’s room to go higher, but some worry about a bubble, including Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter. See what Ritter
The bonkers IPO market has obscured an important innovation for listings
“The IPO is fiendishly difficult to disrupt. But Unity Software’s deal in September shows that the process of going public is still being pulled into the future…Some experts think Unity’s offering—a hybrid of an auction and a more traditional IPO—is