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by: Thomas Kirchner List Price: $95.00 Amazon.com's Price: $59.85 You Save: $35.15 (37%) as of 09/06/2010 07:16 EDT Used Price: $48.95 Third Party New Price: $49.98 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 332.632 EAN: 9780470371978 ISBN: 0470371978 Label: Wiley Manufacturer: Wiley Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 355 Publication Date: August 03, 2009 Publisher: Wiley Studio: Wiley Related Items: Risk Arbitrage (Wiley Investment Classics) Distress Investing: Principles and Technique (Wiley Finance) Risk Arbitrage: An Investor's Guide Distressed Debt Analysis: Strategies for Speculative Investors You Can Be a Stock Market Genius: Uncover the Secret Hiding Places of Stock Market Profits see more Alternate Versions: Click to Display Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: A detailed look at an important hedge fund strategy Written by a fund manager who invests solely in merger arbitrage, also referred to as risk arbitrage, and other event-driven strategies, Merger Arbitrage is the definitive book on how this alternative hedge fund strategy works. Initial chapters are dedicated to the ins and outs of the strategy–cash mergers versus stock for stock mergers, legal aspects of mergers, and pitfalls of the merger process–while later chapters focus on giving the reader sound advice for integrating merger arbitrage into an investment portfolio. Merger Arbitrage helps readers understand leverage and options, shorting stocks, and legal aspects of merger arbitrage, including seeking appraisal or filing lawsuits for inadequate merger consideration. For those looking to gain an edge in the merger arbitrage arena, this book has everything they need to succeed. Thomas F. Kirchner, CFA (New York, NY), is the founder and portfolio manager of Pennsylvania Avenue Funds (www.pennavefunds.com), which invests in merger arbitrage and other event-driven strategies. Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Excellent Read for Any Investor I just finished reading the Merger Arbitrage book by Thomas Kirchner and I really enjoyed it. Mr. Krichner's book broke down the philosophy and process behind investing in mergers in a simple and concise way so that anyone can understand how merger arbitrage works. The book has detailed examples of past mergers which really help to illustrate how mergers operate and how to take advantage of them. The book also talks about risks involved with mergers and explains how some risks really aren't that ... Read More Rating: - Highly readable and informative Merger Arbitrage is informative and engaging and if you like finance and investing you will love this book, even if you haven't spent more than five minutes in your life thinking about mergers & acquisitions. A more descriptive title might have been 99 Mergers because that's essentially what the book is, the definitive collection of mergers and what we can learn from each one. There are hostile takeovers, management buyouts, bidding wars, busted mergers, spinoffs, proxy wars, insider ... Read More