Wall Street's appetite for SPACs shows signs of waning

Wall Street's appetite for SPACs shows signs of waning

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Wall Street’s appetite for new special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) shows signs of waning.

First-day trading pops, or share price rises, for SPACs were commonplace earlier this year with gains rising to over 30% but have faded in March amid a broader selloff in many companies that have agreed to go public through a SPAC merger.

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