Contents

1. Follow the Yellow Brick Road -- Then Hang a Right

2. Some Basics -- Don't Leave Home Without Them

3. Chips Off the Old Stock: Spinoffs, Partial Spinoffs, and Rights Offerings

4. Don't Try This at Home: Risk Arbitrage and Merger Securities

5. Blood in the Streets (Hopefully, Not Yours): Bankruptcy and Restructuring

6. "Baby Needs New Shoes" Meets "Other People's Money": Recapitalizations and Stub Stocks, LEAPS, Warrants, and Options

7. Seeing the Trees Through the Forest

8. All the Fun's in Getting There

Appendix: Gotham Capital

Glossary

Index