arbitrage

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The widening spread between WTI and Brent may be temporary, reflecting stress in financial markets and inability of financial intermediaries and commodities trading firms to arbitrage it away.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

Merger arbitrage traders boost that with borrowed money, so why are they wary?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Otherwise, the system creates incentives for regulatory arbitrage, in which firms migrate toward structures that minimize governmental oversight of risks.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

Others, like Jim Chanos of Kynikos Associates, tried to pull off arbitrage strategies by buying Bitcoin and shorting Strategy, which at times traded at a wide premium to the value of its underlying assets.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 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