Absolute Return Podcast

Liberty Global and Telefonica Combine U.K. Units in $39 Billion Deal. What is the Strategic Rationale Behind this Deal?

Struggling Retailer Neiman Marcus Files for Bankruptcy as Coronavirus Hammers Department Stores. Are More Insolvencies to Come?

Mergers Up in the Air as COVID-19 Hits Asset Values. Which Deals are Getting Hit and Which Could Go Higher?

The Art of SPAC Arbitrage. A Discussion on One of the Fastest Growing Asset Classes.

Listen to special guest Tyler Stuart, Managing Director and Co-founder of Green Acre Capital, a leading cannabis private equity investment firm.

-Green Acre's approach to cannabis investing and what part of the value chain they find most compelling

-Differences between private and public pot stock valuations

-Current turmoil in the public equity space and what may happen to many cannabis stocks

-Cannabis beverages and the future of cannabis consumption 

Equity Financing Window Opens Up with $200 Million Boyd Group Financing and Over $800 Million of SPAC IPOs. Is the Market Signalling “All Clear”?

Mergers Re-Emerge as Silvercorp Announces $105 Million Acquisition of Guyana Goldfields. Are More Deals to Come?

Short Seller Launches Attack Against Merger Target Forescout Technologies. Does the Report Have Merit?

Crude Oil Futures Hit Negative $37.00 per Barrel in Record-Setting Rout. Should Investors Be Buying?

IPO Window Opens Back Up as Social Capital SPAC Completes Upsized $720 Million Initial Public Offering. Will We See More IPOs?

Private Equity Firm Sycamore Tries to Wriggle Out of Deal For Victoria’s Secret. Will the Gambit Work?

A Discussion of the Tough First Quarter for Private Equity and Where We Go From Here.

Private Debt Funds Halt Redemptions as Investors Rush for the Exits and Asset values Plummet. Should Investors be Worried? 

Trump’s Art of the Oil Deal. Will it Bring Balance to the Global Oil Market?

A Coronavirus Cure? Remdesivir Shows Promising Results in Clinical Trial.

A Discussion of 5 Reasons Why Merger Arbitrage Is A Must-Own Investment Strategy.

The Fed Announces Unprecedented $2.4 Trillion in Loans to Support Local Businesses and Governments. What are the Implications of This Massive Stimulus?

Airbnb in Trouble as it Withdraws IPO Plans and Completes a Distressed Financing. Will the Company Survive?

Not all Heroes Wear Capes: Jack Dorsey Pledges $1 Billion in Fight for Coronavirus Cure. 

Value Sucks Wind While Momentum Surges. A Discussion of March Factor Performance.

T-Mobile Closes its $30 Billion Merger With Sprint. Why is This Transaction so Important?

SoftBank Pulls $3 Billion WeWork Tender Offer. Why Did They Renege on the Deal?

Xerox Ends its Hostile Pursuit of Rival HP. Did This Acquisition Ever Stand a Chance?

Whiting Petroleum Files for Bankruptcy as the First Insolvency of the Oil-Price Crash. Is it the First Domino to Fall?

A Record 3.3 Million U.S. Workers File for Unemployment Benefits as Canadian Jobless Claims Soar Close to 1 Million. Should Investors be Worried?

U.S Government Approves Historic $2 Trillion Stimulus Package. What’s in it? Is it Going to Work?

Endeavour Announces Acquisition of Semafo in $1 Billion Gold Mining Deal. Has the Coronavirus Affected M&A?

A Discussion on the Paradox of Choice: What to do When it Rains Gold

Governments Around the World Announce Record-Setting Fiscal Stimulus Measures to Counteract Coronavirus-Led Economic Downturn. Will This Help Combat the Global Recession?

Central Banks do their Part in Fight Against COVID-19 by Implementing Substantial Monetary Stimulus. Will Quantitative Easing Work?

Market Volatility Creates Unprecedented Opportunity in Merger Arbitrage as Deals Continue to Get Done. What’s the Best Way to Capitalize on This?

Global Equities Plunge into Bear Market as the WHO Declares Coronavirus a Pandemic. Is the Bad News Priced In?

Crude Oil Plummets as a Price War Breaks Out Between Saudi Arabia and Russia.What’s Next for the Energy Market?

Aon Announces Friendly Acquisition of Rival Willis Towers Watson in $30 Billion Deal. Is the Market Panic Affecting M&A?