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 ...

Samantha (Sam) Silberstein, CFP®, CSLP®, EA, is an experienced financial consultant. She has a demonstrated history of working in both institutional and retail environments, from broker-dealers to ...

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

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 ...

Convertible arbitrage has been a key hedge fund strategy for more than a decade and has offered steady positive returns regardless of market direction. Although the strategy has returned an annualized ...

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 ...