SPAC Hot Streak Put on Ice by Regulatory Warnings: Report

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Investors are cooling to one of the hottest bets on Wall Street as new SEC scrutiny of blank-check companies cuts the flood of new issues to a trickle while share prices tumble, The Wall Street Journal reports.

SPACs have raised about $100 billion so far this year, more than last year’s record of $83.4 billion, which itself was more than the amount raised in the nearly 30-year history of these companies. Read more.

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