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arbitrage

[ahr-bi-trahzh, ahr-bi-trij] / ˈɑr bɪˌtrɑʒ, ˈɑr bɪ trɪdʒ /
NOUN
program trading
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The harvest was a series of crises, notably the 1998 collapse of the hedge fund Long Term Capital Management, which was founded by Nobel economics laureates to pursue abstruse arbitrage trades.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026

Hedge funds may be reluctant to join in, as arbitrage is harder for SpaceX than most stocks that join an index.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026

Private-credit investors are using an arbitrage strategy, shifting money from nontraded business-development companies to publicly traded ones.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Pentwater is best known for its involvement in takeover arbitrage situations.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

He suspected, not unreasonably, that he might be the only person in Berkeley looking for arbitrage opportunities in the market for credit derivatives.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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