Author Bio I like things that go "boom." Sonic or otherwise, that means I tend to gravitate towards defense and aerospace stocks. But to tell the truth, over the course of a dozen years writing for The Motley Fool, I have covered -- and continue to cover -- everything from retailers to consumer goods stocks, and from tech to banks to insurers as well. Follow me on Twitter or Facebook for the most important developments in defense & aerospace news, and other great stories besides. What happened Yesterday was a pretty good day for investors in unproven special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) stocks, which are designed to acquire actual operating companies, then bring them public via reverse-merger IPO. But today is a bit different.