Latency Arbitrage: Why Milliseconds Cost $100,000 a Month
Latency arbitrage explains why paying for a few milliseconds’ head start on public information is legal — and big business.
Markets
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Bond Duration Risk: Why SpaceX’s 30-Year Notes Lost 9% in a Month
Bond duration risk explains why SpaceX’s 30-year notes lost about 9% of their value within a month of a record $25 billion bond sale.
Markets
Capex Rotation: One Company’s Cut Is Another’s Boom
IBM just had its worst trading day in 115 years while Goldman Sachs jumped 9% the same afternoon — capex rotation explains why both happened at once.
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CMMC Certification: A Barrier Tariffs Can’t Match
A new US defense-contractor certification requirement is becoming a bigger barrier to entry than price or tariffs — and Korea’s suppliers are behind.
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Merger Arbitrage: The Simple Bet Behind Every Buyout
Stripe just offered $53 billion for PayPal — but PayPal’s stock stopped short of that price. That leftover gap is what merger arbitrage investors bet on.
Markets
The ADR Price Gap: Why It Won’t Close Until the Door Opens
SK Hynix’s ADR trades far above its Seoul shares — and the gap won’t close on its own until the conversion channel between the two markets actually opens.
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Correlated Risk: The Backup Route That Isn’t One
Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea “backup” to Hormuz runs past a conflict that just reignited — a real-world lesson in what correlated risk actually means.
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IPO Spillover Effect: How One SpaceX Deal Shows Up Three Times
Tonight’s bank earnings are getting a lift from a rocket company. Here’s how one mega-IPO shows up three separate times — in stock prices, market sentiment, and finally, bank revenue.
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Index Concentration Risk: When Two Stocks Become the Whole Market
Monday’s Kospi crash wasn’t one story — it was four risks landing on the same afternoon, capped by a structural flaw hiding in plain sight: two stocks are 55% of the index.
Markets
Stablecoins Charge $0 in Fees. Here’s How They Still Make Money.
Stablecoins promise zero fees, so how do issuers get rich? The answer is float income — and a new 140-company consortium wants to share it instead of keeping it for one company.