Arbitrage funds are taxed like equity mutual funds. This means they qualify for long term capital gains tax of 12.5% if ...

For the first time in years, folks in the risk arbitrage business are happy as clams. Spreads in this specialty sector, also known as merger and acquisition arbitrage, have rarely been better. Why?

The Efficient Market Hypothesis claims that arbitrage by "smart money" in the market pushes prices towards their informationally efficient values, i.e., values that reflect "all available information.

Daryn Carr is no stranger to side hustles. After his mom died from Covid in 2020, he used funds from her pension to pay off some bills and buy a car. With the remaining money, he invested in crypto ...

If you want to invest in the short-term rental market with less capital, consider getting started through rental arbitrage. It’s a real estate strategy that’s been growing in popularity because it ...

For a long time, betting that mergers would close was a pretty good business. Richard Perry built a business of merger arbitrage at Goldman Sachs in the 1980s. It was such a good deal, he decided he ...

Airbnb's sprawling marketplace enabled a business called Hands-Free Automation to take hotel rooms from other sites and list them for a higher price. The founders of HFA funded the business by ...