When one company agrees to acquire another company, it usually pays a premium. Normally, however, there's a slight discount to that price in the market until the merger is fully consummated. The ...

A merger happens when two companies combine to form a single entity. Public companies often merge with the declared goal of increasing shareholder value, by gaining market share or from entering new ...

Merger arbitrage is the business of trading stocks in companies that are involved in takeovers or mergers. The most basic of these trades involves buying shares in the targeted company at a discount ...