Warrington in the News Articles: page 5

On the financial front, the news has appeared dire for former president Donald Trump this year. Within a span of just a month, two judges in two separate cases ordered him to pay about $540 million in total. What’s gotten far less attention, though, is this: A frenetic rally in a stock tied to Trump Media & Technology Group — which operates the Truth Social platform he posts on daily — has minted a nearly $4 billion windfall for him. Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter shares his insight for this story.

Airports are missing out on $35 billion in economic impact because they’re not well run – that’s according to pilot, airport management expert and DBA alumnus Mike Jones (DBA ’23). He explains the cause of this underperformance and why the structure of an airport management team is so important.

View Inc., a smart-glass company once valued at $2B, is facing a potential debt restructuring or asset sale, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission this month. View went public on the Nasdaq Stock Market via a $1.6B merger with a SPAC, but by May 2023, the company faced delisting after accounting errors forced it to audit its previous financial reports. Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter explains why View isn’t alone among companies that went public via SPACs in late 2020 and early 2021 that haven’t lived up to its promise.

Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter shares his insights for this story on the Capital One Financial Corp. deal to buy Discover Financial Services. The $35 billion all-stock deal would create the largest US credit card company by loan volume, giving the combined entity a stronger foothold to compete with Wall Street’s behemoths.

If you want to make money in the stock market, change this channel. Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter shares his insights on what investment strategy to avoid.

Months after leaving the White House, former President Donald Trump began plotting his return to Wall Street. That return, delayed by years of regulatory and legal hurdles, is now on the verge of becoming a reality — and it could make Trump a fortune.

Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter shares his insights on the controversial merger between Truth Social owner Trump Media & Technology Group and a blank-check company, which US regulators have finally given the green light to.

The former president’s stake in the post-merger company would be valued, at today’s share price, at nearly $4 billion. Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter shares his insights.

Social media platform Reddit, which helps its users “dive into anything,” may finally plunge into the public markets. Data from Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter informs this story.

In the netherworld of risky penny stocks, reverse mergers are out and initial public offerings are back in style. Buyer beware. Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter provides his insights.

Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter provides insights for this story on companies with recent IPOs that sold shares lower than expected.