The IPO SPAC-Tacle

Key takeaways: The "demo versus product" gap: An AI demo is judged on its best day, but an institutional-grade product is judged on its worst. Building reliable financial tools requires rigorous, auditable grounding frameworks to avoid hallucinations and ensure every output can b ...  Show more

Jean Hynes, CEO of Wellington Management, has more than 35 years of experience at the firm. But she spends most of her time looking ahead, trying to envision what the world might look like in a decade and building portfolios around nascent opportunities. In an interview with Gold ...  Show more

Discussing how companies are issuing new stock this year, the market for IPOs, and the other ways corporations are accessing capital in a high-rate environment, Lizzie Reed, global head of the Equity Syndicate Desk in Goldman Sachs Investment Banking, joins our latest episode of  ...  Show more

Lauren Dillard, EVP, Head of Investment Intelligence at Nasdaq, on the recent market volatility, and the IPO/SPAC outlook for 2021. Gary Vogel, CEO of Eagle Bulk Shipping, with insights into the global shipping market and what it says about the economic recovery. David Dietze, Ma ...  Show more

In this week's episode, we unpack the following four stories in the world of corporate finance.

The S&P 500, Nasdaq, and Dow Jones Industrial Average have each risen more than 15% so far this year. How should investors feel about the rest of 2021? Which stocks should be on a short leash? What capital allocation strategies should Berkshire-Hathaway and Chipotle be considerin ...  Show more