Merger arbitrage
Capturing the spread between deal price and market price; a narrow strategy with a narrow but real literature.
8 books · 1 people behind it
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- You Can Be a Stock Market GeniusJoel Greenblatt, 1997
- Merger MastersKate Welling, Mario Gabelli, 2018
- Risk ArbitrageGuy P. Wyser-Pratte, 1971
The people behind it 1
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Investors 1
Books 8
James B. Stewart · 1991 · Ivan Boesky and how risk arbitrage crossed into insider trading.
Joel Greenblatt · 1997 · Spin-offs, merger securities and event-driven special situations.
Guy P. Wyser-Pratte · 1971 · The founding practitioner text on deal spread analysis.
Robert F. Bruner · 2005 · Why mergers fail; the break risk an arbitrageur underwrites.
Thomas Kirchner · 2009 · Modern manual covering deal types, financing risk and hedging.
Kate Welling, Mario Gabelli · 2018 · Interviews with the leading arbitrageurs on process and risk.
Brian J. Stark · 1983 · Hedging, arbitrage and liquidations as a combined discipline.
Lionel Melka, Amit Shabi · 2012 · European-focused fundamental approach to deal spreads.