Which of the Following Questions Regarding Risk Arbitrage Is False

question 25

Multiple Choice

Which of the following questions regarding risk arbitrage is false?

• A) Once a tender offer is announced, the uncertainty about whether the takeover will succeed reduces the volatility of the stock price. This uncertainty creates an opportunity for investors to speculate on the outcome of the deal without bearing the risk of volatility.
• B) Traders known as risk-arbitrageurs, who believe that they can predict the outcome of a deal, take positions based on their beliefs.
• C) A potential profit arises from the difference between the target's stock price and the implied offer price, and is referred to as the merger-arbitrage spread.
• D) However, it is not a true arbitrage opportunity because there is a risk that the deal will not go through. If the takeover did not ultimately succeed, the risk-arbitrageur would eventually have to unwind his position at whatever market prices prevailed.

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Normal Good

A good for which demand increases as the income of consumers increases and decreases as the income of consumers decreases.

Income Elasticity

A measure of how the demand for a good or service changes in response to changes in consumer income, indicating whether a good is a luxury or a necessity.

Price Elasticity

The measure of responsiveness of the quantity demanded or supplied of a good to a change in its price.

Supply

The total amount of a good or service available for purchase at any given price.