Rumortrage
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Rumortrage
stock traders’ term, combining rumor and arbitrage, for buying and selling based on rumor of a takeover.
See also deal stock; garbatrage.
See also deal stock; garbatrage.
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Rumortrage
A term often used by traders to refer to increased trading caused by a takeover rumor.
Investopedia Says:
If firms A and C are both in the auto industry and rumors say that firm A will takeover firm C, an increase in trading in firms A and C's stock illustrates rumortrage.
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