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 ...

Please Note: Blog posts are not selected, edited or screened by Seeking Alpha editors. Shifting from one of the worst performing strategies of 2008 to one of the best in 2009, convertible arbitrage is ...

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 ...