Textbooks will be written about the world-changing events of 2020, and one of them will surely be about the markets story of the year: SPACs exploded in popularity and show no sign of slowing down in 2021, with celebrities, former politicians and big-name investors signing on to back the blank-check companies. But the trend raises questions — big ones — that need to be answered. Read more.
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