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Here are your top 5 financial insights for the week—including the latest articles, videos, charts, quotes, books, tools, and more—to help you become smarter about finance and investing. Enjoy!

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1. Article We’re Reading

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 to the takeover price, with the goal of selling them at a higher price when the deal goes through. (read more)

2. Video We’re Watching

The Biggest Hidden Key in Trading

3. Chart We’re Analyzing

Real GDP growth in 2024 by IMF

4. Term We’re Defining

Benchmark - A standard, usually an investment index, that a fund's performance can be measured against. For example, a UK equity fund is managed against the FTSE100 index. If the fund does better than the index, it has outperformed; if the fund has done worse, it has underperformed. (source)

5. Quote We’re Reflecting On

"How many millionaires do you know who have become wealthy by investing in savings accounts? I rest my case." — Robert G. Allen

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