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Re:Never Hertz to Ask by JumpCrisscross on Sunday June 14, 2020 @10:04AM (#23517707)
> comparing them to options is way off

Not entirely. Equity can be modelled as an option on a company’s assets, struck against its debt. This is fine for equity (and the equity component of fulcrum securities) in a bankruptcy.

Re:Never Hertz to Ask by flashyfaffe2 on Sunday June 14, 2020 @10:28AM (#23517853)
If I rememberwell, this kind of strategy has a name called Captical structure arbitrage, where the most basic strategy is to traded convertible bonds. Most complex strategies include taking position on different asset class of the same company ( equity, bond and CDS).