2 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
Italian-American fraudster who defrauded investors in Boston in 1919–1920 by promising 50% returns in 90 days through international postal reply coupon arbitrage — which was impossible at scale — creating the scheme that now bears his name.
German-born American commodities trader who built Mocatta and Goldsmid into one of the largest precious metals trading firms in the world — through silver and gold arbitrage — and who was one of the first systematic options traders.