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Explore how companies and governments raise money through equity and debt markets. Read coverage of financing, public offerings, transactions and market structure alongside educational guides. Find your way around ECMSource.

How Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Works: Restructuring, Debt, and Stock

September 19, 2026 by Bruno M.
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Discover how Chapter 11 bankruptcy works, including DIP financing, the absolute priority rule, creditor voting, and what really happens to common stock.

Categories Capital Markets, Market Education Tags absolute priority rule, chapter 11 bankruptcy, corporate restructuring, debtor in possession, investing basics, stock market

How Automated Market Makers Work: AMMs and Impermanent Loss

September 18, 2026 by Bruno M.
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Learn how automated market makers use liquidity pools and constant product formulas to price trades, and how to calculate impermanent loss.

Categories Capital Markets, Market Education Tags automated market makers, cryptocurrency trading, decentralized finance, impermanent loss, investing basics, liquidity pools

S&P Global Buys OpenZeppelin to Rate Onchain Risk

September 17, 2026 by Bruno M.
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S&P Global agreed to acquire OpenZeppelin to integrate smart contract audits and onchain risk metrics into institutional credit rating frameworks.

Categories Capital Markets, Market Trend Tags capital markets, credit ratings, openzeppelin, s&p global, smart contract security, tokenization

Price-Weighted vs. Market-Cap-Weighted: How Stock Indices Work

September 16, 2026 by Bruno M.
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Learn how price-weighted and market-cap-weighted indices work, how the Dow Divisor functions, worked math examples, and the key distortions of each method.

Categories Capital Markets, Market Education Tags dow jones industrial average, index weighting, investing basics, market cap weighted, sp 500, stock market

Private Credit Divide: 12% of Small Loans Face Distress

September 14, 2026 by Bruno M.
Editorial illustration: A divided financial landscape contrasting resilient corporate towers with distressed middle-market buildings under credit clamps and storm clouds.

Houlihan Lokey’s DataBank reveals a divide in private credit: distressed loans jumped to 12% for small borrowers while mega-cap direct lending holds firm.

Categories Capital Markets, Market Trend Tags capital markets, credit distress, direct lending, houlihan lokey, middle market loans, private credit

Larry Ellison Cancels $7.5B Oracle Share Sale After 10-Q Drop

September 14, 2026 by Bruno M.
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Larry Ellison canceled a plan to sell 50 million Oracle shares after SEC disclosures revealed the sale, as ORCL faces AI capex pressure and margin scrutiny.

Categories Capital Markets Tags cloud infrastructure, insider trading, larry ellison, Oracle, ORCL, stock market

Relative Strength and Momentum: Why Leadership Matters

September 14, 2026 by Bruno M.
Editorial illustration: Ascending glowing trajectory of relative strength and market leadership outpacing a benchmark financial index across a modern architectural city landscape.

Learn how relative strength and momentum identify market leaders, why institutional capital creates the momentum premium, and how to spot leadership.

Categories Capital Markets, Market Education Tags factor investing, investing basics, market leadership, momentum investing, relative strength, technical analysis

Why Southwest Cuts 17 Atlanta Routes in Major Network Reset

September 17, 2026September 13, 2026 by Bruno M.
Editorial illustration: a passenger jet and airport with abstract route connections representing an airline network reset.

Southwest Airlines slashes 17 Atlanta routes as load factors drop to 73.2%, shifting capacity to Nashville amid pressure from activist Elliott Management.

Categories Capital Markets Tags airline stocks, atlanta airport, elliott management, luv stock, southwest airlines, stock market

PayPal Pauses Ventures Portfolio Sale as Bids Cap at 60 Cents

September 17, 2026September 11, 2026 by Bruno M.
PayPal Pauses Ventures Portfolio Sale as Bids Cap at 60 Cents

PayPal has paused the sale of its PayPal Ventures portfolio after secondary-market bids topped out near 60 cents on the dollar, exposing a VC discount.

Categories Capital Markets, Energy & Commodities Tags capital markets, corporate venture capital, paypal ventures, private equity secondaries, private markets, vc secondaries

T+1 Settlement: How Stock Trades Now Clear in One Day

September 12, 2026September 9, 2026 by Bruno M.
T+1 Settlement: How Stock Trades Now Clear in One Day

T+1 settlement means US stock trades settle one business day after execution. Here’s the mechanics, timeline, and what changed for investors.

Categories Capital Markets, Market Education Tags dtcc clearing, investing basics, sec rule 15c6-1, securities settlement, stock trade settlement, t+1 settlement
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