|CREDIT AND DEALS

Special situations

Event-driven payoffs with dates: merger-arbitrage spreads with a break price, spin-offs, rights issues, and bankruptcy recovery by layer.

Run it

“What is the arb spread on a pending deal?”

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Or ask in plain words. The skill starts when your request matches it.

Run it

“What is the arb spread on a pending deal?”

Try now in Claude

Try now in ChatGPT

Copy and open Copilot

No Bigdata.com yet? The chat helps you add it. To add it first, with a free account: Claude, ChatGPT or Copilot Cowork.

Or ask in plain words. The skill starts when your request matches it.

Overview

Short answer

Special situations is an equity research skill by Bigdata.com. Event-driven payoffs with dates: merger-arbitrage spreads with a break price, spin-offs, rights issues, and bankruptcy recovery by layer. You give it a situation, such as an announced deal, a spin-off or a rights issue. You get a cited payoff note with dated kill conditions.

You give

A situation, such as an announced deal, a spin-off or a rights issue

You get

A cited payoff note with dated kill conditions.

Each note is grounded in Bigdata.com content: news, filings, earnings call transcripts and market data, with citations you can open.

01What the price implies about the odds and the expected return
02The arithmetic for the situation, with terms traced to the governing document
03Dated kill conditions
04The next dates to watch

Try asking

Prompt 01

“What is the arb spread on a pending deal?”

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Prompt 02

“Payoff of a rights issue”

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Prompt 03

“Recovery by layer in a Chapter 11”

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Open a prompt in Claude or ChatGPT, or copy it. Change the company or the quarter to your own. If Bigdata.com is not connected yet, the assistant helps you add it first.

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Install once, in the tool you use

One install adds every skill and the connection to Bigdata.com. Sign in with your Bigdata.com account; new accounts start with free credits.

Claude

Open the Bigdata.com plugin in the Claude directory (Customize → Plugins → Browse → Partners) and click Install. Sign in with your Bigdata.com account when asked. On Team and Enterprise plans, an admin adds the Bigdata.com connector first.

Open the plugin in Claude

ChatGPT

Go to Settings → Apps, click Add more, choose Bigdata.com and click Connect to sign in with your Bigdata.com account. The skills come with the app. On Business and Enterprise workspaces, an admin enables the app first.

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Copilot Cowork

Open Customize in Microsoft 365 Copilot Cowork, search for Bigdata and click Install. Sign in with your Bigdata.com account when asked.

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Claude Code

Create an API key on the Bigdata.com Developer Platform and add the Bigdata.com MCP server with it. Then run /plugins in Claude Code and install the Bigdata plugin from the official marketplace.

claude mcp add --transport http bigdata_com https://mcp.bigdata.com/ --header "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

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Skills produce research and analysis, not investment advice. Check every number before you act on it.