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The Spread Is the Market's Doubt

When a deal is announced the target trades below the offer, and the size of that gap is a live estimate of the odds it closes.

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What the lesson covers

  1. 0:00After a deal is announced, the target rarely trades at the offer price.
  2. 0:05Why the gap exists. Deals fail. The discount prices the chance of failure and the time to closing.
  3. 0:14What widens it. Regulatory risk, financing risk, and any chance shareholders vote it down.
  4. 0:23The filings to read. The merger agreement lists the conditions and the fee if either side walks.
  5. 0:32The asymmetry. If it closes you make a few percent. If it breaks, the target falls a long way.
  6. 0:40Read the conditions before you read the spread.
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The Spread Is the Market's Doubt — MAD Academy Training Video · MadStockAlerts