Warren Buffett and the art of stock arbitrage
Subtitle: proven strategies for arbitrage and other special investment situations
By: Mary Buffett & David Clark
Contributors: Clark, David, 1955-
Publisher: Scribner
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 153
ISBN-13: 9781439198827; 9781451606454
Subjects: Speculation; Arbitrage; Investments
Description: Analyzes Buffett's techniques for arbitrage and special situations investing and offers step-by-step instructions on how to take advantage of such events as spin-offs, liquidations, recapitalizations, and tender offers.
Notes: Includes glossary and index.
Table of contents: title: Overview of Warren's very profitable world of stock arbitrage and special investment situations; title: What creates Warren's golden arbitrage opportunity; title: Overview of the different classes of arbitrage that Warren makes millions investing in; title: Where Warren begins - the public announcement - the beginning of the path to arbitrage riches; title: The arbitrage risk equation Warren learned from Benjamin Graham and how it can help make us rich; title: How Warren uses the annual rate of return to determine the investment's attractiveness; title: Leverage and arbitrage - how Warren uses borrowed money to triple his returns; title: Overview of mergers and acquisitions - where Warren has made millions; title: Friendly mergers - Warren's favorite arbitrage investment; title: Friendly merger arbitrage - things Warren considers when determining the probability of completion; title: A friendly merger arbitrage case study: Berkshire's merger with BNSF; title: Acquisitions - the hostile takeover - the most dangerous place Warren goes to make money; title: Securities buybacks/self-tender offers - how Warren arbitrages them to make even more money; title: How Warren has made hundreds of millions investing in corporate reorganizations; title: Corporate liquidations - how Warren turns them into liquid gold; title: Corporate spin-offs - how Warren made a fortune investing in them; title: Corporate stubs - where Warren got his start in arbitrage; title: Where Warren looks to find the golden arbitrage deals; title: Tendering our shares - how Warren cashes in.