(Click here to subscribe to the new Delivering Alpha newsletter.) SPAC activity all but ground to a halt in recent months after insatiable activity during the fourth quarter of 2020 and into the first quarter of 2021. An SEC clampdown and other regulatory concerns are partially responsible for the slowdown.  But there […]

Dash has launched an App to enable customers to use the Dash cryptocurrency for purchases at retail locations and online across the United States. Using the DashDirect app, customers can use the Dash digital currency at more than 155,000 in-store retail locations and more than 125 online retailers for everyday […]

Not only are the small- and mid-cap indices off to their best start to a calendar year since 2014 but their outperformance over large-caps is at record levels. The relentless rally in small- and mid-cap stocks continues as large-caps show signs of fatigue. In July, the Nifty Smallcap 100 rose […]

From terror attacks to natural disasters, U.S. history is replete with examples of Americans of different backgrounds unifying in the face of hardship. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic will likely not be remembered as such an occasion. The coronavirus, which originated in China, ushered in a surge of violence directed at […]

Though the U.S. auto market has improved significantly from where it was in 2020, car dealers are still struggling to get back to normal. According to automotive data company Black Book, new car sales were down 14% in June 2021, compared to June of 2019, the most recent pre-pandemic year […]

The president of the Screen Actor's Guild said Disney "should be ashamed" for "bullying" Scarlett Johansson in its a public statement about the "Black Widow" star's lawsuit. Johansson filed a lawsuit against the company late last week, claiming Disney had breached her contract when it released her new Marvel film […]

Movies that cost a great deal of money often pay off. This is certainly true with some superhero movies, and movies about insanely fast cars. In other cases, studios make films that flop. In today’s movie environment movies have a number of ways to make money that did not exist […]

Whoopi Goldberg, Matt Damon, Mia Farrow, Liam Neeson, Diane Keaton, Mark Hamill, Nick Nolte and George Takei are part of an an all-star lineup of SAG-AFTRA members who have endorsed Matthew Modine for president of the union, and Joely Fisher, his running mate, for secretary-treasurer. “I’m very happy to say […]

College enrollment has declined steadily in the United States in recent years. With rising tuition costs and surging student debt, enrollment rates have fallen at an average of nearly 2% a year since 2010. While four years of higher education may not be for everyone, Americans without a bachelor’s degree […]