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ethanolburner

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    Comment #26845921

    You grossly misunderstand SPACs if you think they shoot up at least 4x on announcement & hype. This is a very rare phenomenon, and even with the most prominent SPAC sponsor (Chamat…

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    Comment #26845798

    I would break SPACs currently in the market down into 2 categories; pre-DA and post-DA. In other words, there are a number of SPACs which have already posted their target company, …

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    Comment #26845577

    "while undermining the transparency requirements of the market" Then why don't you propose to just ban forward-looking projections and including more transparency? SPACs have their…

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    Comment #26819480

    "The only real possibility is Bloomberg LP, although Bloomberg had denied the rumors" And how did you come to this conclusion? There are many, many private companies that fit the c…

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    Comment #26818317

    There is no reason to think Starlink is a possibility. It is unfounded speculation being propagated by various social media communities. There is not a single conclusive link betwe…

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    Comment #26818285

    Ackman is both. He is an activist in some of his plays, however, as can be seen through his publicly traded fund $PSH, most of his investments are long-term value investments which…

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    Comment #26818261

    You are generalizing too ambitiously. It is true that (for the most part) reputable companies do not need SPACs. However, that is not the same as saying there is a close-to-zero ch…

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    Comment #26818150

    I think it is important to note that PIPE investors will always purchase SPACs at NAV (usually $10) with only very rare exceptions. NAV is where most of the SPACs are currently tra…

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    Comment #25421506

    Just to add, 15 mins ago Chris Bing from Reuters and other journalists confirmed the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to be the 3rd agency to be impacted [1]. I suspect there w…

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    Comment #25410518

    It seems like this incident has impacted not only the U.S. Treasury, but other U.S. government agencies. The Washington Post also stipulates that the group behind it also hacked Fi…

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    Comment #25352209

    According to Reuters, a Western security official claims similar companies have been affected in a similar way to FireEye [1]. It will be interesting to see how this plays out, and…