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arbitrage
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arbitrage: see foreign exchange foreign exchange, methods and instruments used to adjust the payment of debts between two nations that employ different currency systems. A nation's balance of payments has an important effect on the exchange rate of its currency.
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arbitrage

Business operation involving the purchase of foreign currency, gold, financial securities, or commodities in one market and their almost simultaneous sale in another market, in order to profit from price differentials existing between the markets. In the 1980s a form of speculation called risk arbitrage arose, in which speculators tried to identify companies targeted for takeover and buy blocks of their stock, to be resold at a profit when the takeover was announced and the company's stock rose in value. See also insider trading; security.
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It was also the postal agency that spearheaded the investigations in the late 1980s leading to the high-profile convictions of arbitrageur Ivan Boesky and junk-bond king Mike Milken for insider trading and securities fraud.
Delivering evidence: not just the mail; The FBI and state attorneys ... by Sweeney, Paul / Financial Executive
annual and quarterly reports), mandatory waiting periods and disclosures, the presence of professional arbitrageurs, and anti-takeover laws.
Acquisition performance: experience or competence? by Mantecon, Tomas / Journal of Academy of Business and Economics
Arbitrageurs routinely pour billions into the market to squeeze out a "plus.
High stakes move: to fulfill its enormous pension fund obligations, ... by Gersten, Alan / Chief Executive (U.S.)
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