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THE LIMITS OF CONVERTIBLE ARBITRAGE

Good reading here from the CFA Institute.  There are no holy grails in the investment world:

“The performance of convertible arbitrage during the credit meltdown is a textbook example of a liquidity crunch and the limits of arbitrage. The massive losses remind us that liquidity and financing are the lifeblood of many investment strategies and that such strategies face the risk of periodic panics if they evaporate.”