risk arbitrage

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use in corporate mergers and takeovers

  • In arbitrage

    …form of stock speculation called risk arbitrage arose. It was based on the fact that a company or corporate raider, when trying to merge with or purchase a corporation, usually must offer to buy that company’s stock at a price 30 or 40 percent higher than the current market price,…

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