Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Risk-free profit. It sounds nice, doesn't it? That's what arbitrage strategies look to accomplish. But what is arbitrage? The term "arbitrage" tends to get thrown around a lot, and not always ...

Arbitrage is a fundamental concept in finance, playing a crucial role in determining prices for assets like currencies, ...

Hedge funds look for new game plans Convertible arbitrage and short-selling have been the cornerstones of hedge fund strategies. Competition and difficult underlying markets, however, are forcing ...

Arbitrage trading involves profiting from price differences of the same asset in financial markets. True arbitrage can yield riskless profit, which traders aim for. When executed well, an arbitrage ...

January’s Hennessee Group poll of hedge fund managers predicted that convertible arbitrage would earn between 5 and 6 percent this year. As of the end of July, the number was in the ballpark -- it was ...