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1. ''Playground slang'': (''Also “spack”'') Someone who could do with slapping upside the head with a fish of some sort. | 1. ''Playground slang'': (''Also “spack”'') Someone who could do with slapping upside the head with a fish of some sort. The sort of person who invests in a [[special purpose acquisition company]]. <br> | ||
2. ''Finance'': A [[special purpose acquisition company]], also known as a “blank check company” is an [[espievie]] that is listed on a stock exchange — thus, being a publicly listed company — that is organised with the purpose of acquiring a private [[company]] by a type of merger, in the process making the private company public without it having to go through the traditional, painful, expensive [[initial public offering]] process. | 2. ''Finance'': A [[special purpose acquisition company]], also known as a “blank check company” is an [[espievie]] that is listed on a stock exchange — thus, being a publicly listed company — that is organised with the purpose of acquiring a private [[company]] by a type of merger, in the process making the private company public without it having to go through the traditional, painful, expensive [[initial public offering]] process. | ||
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Now you might think a little arithmetic is in order. But if that seems too simplistic, consider this academic survey: | Now you might think a little arithmetic is in order. But if that seems too simplistic, consider this academic survey: | ||
{{quote|We find that costs built into the SPAC structure are subtle, opaque, and far higher than has been previously recognized. Although SPACs raise $10 per share from investors in their IPOs, by the time the median SPAC merges with a target, it holds just $6.67 in cash for each outstanding share. We find, first, that ''for a large majority of SPACs, post-merger share prices fall'', and second, that ''these price drops are highly correlated with the extent of dilution, or cash shortfall, in a SPAC''. This implies that SPAC investors are bearing the cost of the dilution built into the SPAC structure, and in effect subsidizing the companies they bring public.<ref>[https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3720919 ''A Sober Look at SPACs'', Yale Journal on Regulation}} | {{quote|We find that costs built into the SPAC structure are subtle, opaque, and far higher than has been previously recognized. Although SPACs raise $10 per share from investors in their IPOs, by the time the median SPAC merges with a target, it holds just $6.67 in cash for each outstanding share. We find, first, that ''for a large majority of SPACs, post-merger share prices fall'', and second, that ''these price drops are highly correlated with the extent of dilution, or cash shortfall, in a SPAC''. This implies that SPAC investors are bearing the cost of the dilution built into the SPAC structure, and in effect subsidizing the companies they bring public.<ref>[https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3720919 ''A Sober Look at SPACs'', Yale Journal on Regulation]</ref>}} | ||
Someone is getting rinsed, in other words. Could it be our old friend the [[ultimate client]], again | Someone is getting rinsed, in other words. Could it be our old friend the [[ultimate client]], again? | ||
Will Granddad ''never'' learn? | |||
===The JC’s [[crypto-SPAC]]=== | |||
Never one to miss out on the zeitgeist, the [[JC]]’s [[Lexrifyly]] division is launching [[Soaring Legal Eagle Acquisition Crypto Company]] in 2023. | |||
{{sa}} | {{sa}} | ||
*[[Signs of the forthcoming apocalypse]] | *[[Signs of the forthcoming apocalypse]] | ||
*{{br|Debt: The First 5,000 Years}} | *{{br|Debt: The First 5,000 Years}} | ||
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