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October 10, 2005
Free money with no risk - an arbitrage primer
Arbitrage is one of those fancy terms like "escrow" or "equity" that always confused me as a kid. When it comes down to it, arbitrage just refers to an opportunity to buy something at a low price then immediately sell it at a higher price without any risk. This is like when you sell CDs on eBay for $12 when you buy them at Amazon for $10 using coupon codes that everybody doesn't know about (I wasted too much time in grad school doing this for not enough money).
I found a nice little article that explains other kinds of arbitrage. Unfortunately, it doesn't tell you how to make a killing, but it might spark some ideas.
Posted by brian at October 10, 2005 12:13 AM