Utilizing all-stock transactions in energy sector mergers is not a novel phenomenon, but rather a cyclical strategy that has ebbed and flowed with market conditions and industry dynamics. The trend ...

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 ...

The agreement by Electronic Arts Inc. to sell itself to a group of investors — a deal that would be the largest leveraged buyout on record — has created an attractive money-making opportunity in a ...

John Paulson is regarded by many in the market as the king of merger arbitrage. He started his fund, Paulson & Company, in 1994, after a career with Bear Stearns in M&A and then as a partner at Gruss ...

Despite his reputation as a long-term investor, Buffett has engaged in merger arbitrages for more than 30 years, including three notable ones within the past decade. Notably, in all three cases, the ...

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?

Capri Holdings offers a 64% potential return, with the current stock price under $35 and a deal price of $57. The FTC's trial to block the merger starts today in Manhattan. I believe the FTC's ...

Thomas J Catalano is a CFP and Registered Investment Adviser with the state of South Carolina, where he launched his own financial advisory firm in 2018. Thomas' experience gives him expertise in a ...