Merger arbitrage mutual funds and exchange-traded funds can help you reduce your portfolio's volatility. They can also serve as a substitute for bond funds when interest rates rise.

Deals deliver bigger returns when rates are higher.

Managers record steady gains by investing in companies that are being acquired.

ProShares offers more nuanced approach to traditional long/short positioning.

You don't need to be a hedge fund or multibillion-dollar institution to protect against market forces.

Revisiting the options-buying strategy of this Summit Portfolio fund, we find it useful as a proxy for a bond fund, while avoiding the interest-rate risk.

Buying a mutual fund or individual stocks tied to the industry are ways to beat the equity-market doldrums.

Alternative funds, such as market-neutral mutual funds, used to occupy a small niche in the fund industry, but that's changing.

Credit Suisse has come out with an ETN that employs a merger arbitrage strategy in takeover deals.

Roku's eroding market share, and its need for new investment, will pressure near-term profits, according to KeyBanc analyst Justin Patterson.

“Our investor survey reinforces our views that Elon Musk's recent involvement with Twitter has contributed to negative sentiment momentum in Tesla shares," said Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas.

Mobile carrier companies are always eager to increase revenue through fees customers pay and to outflank their competition with deals.