PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Bruce I. Jacobs TI - When Seemingly Infallible Arbitrage Strategies Fail AID - 10.3905/joi.1999.319389 DP - 1999 Feb 28 TA - The Journal of Investing PG - 9--10 VI - 8 IP - 1 4099 - https://pm-research.com/content/8/1/9.short 4100 - https://pm-research.com/content/8/1/9.full AB - Seemingly infallible arbitrage strategies can fail. When they do, they can take the markets down with them. The near collapse of Long-Term Capital Management parallels the experience of portfolio insurance in 1987.