Discover how stock-for-stock mergers work and what they mean for shareholders, explaining the benefits and efficiency of these acquisitions.

A horizontal merger is a merger or business consolidation that occurs between firms that operate in the same industry, usually as larger companies attempt to create more efficient economies of scale.

Merger arbitrage is the business of trading stocks in companies that are involved in takeovers or mergers. The most basic of these trades involves buying shares in the targeted company at a discount ...