Exhibit 20 -Refer to Exhibit 20

question 11

Multiple Choice

Exhibit 20.6
Use the Information Below for the Following Problem(S)
The current stock price of ABC Corporation is $53.50. ABC Corporation has the following put and call option prices that expire 6 months from today. The risk-free rate of return is 5% and the expected return on the market is 11%.
$$\begin{array} { c c c } \text { Exprcisp Price } & \text { Put Price } & \text { Call Price } \\50 & \$ 1.50 & \$ 5.75 \\55 & \$ 3.25 & \ldots\end{array}$$
-Refer to Exhibit 20.6.How could an investor create arbitrage profits?

• A) Sell the stock short, write a put, buy a call and invest the proceeds at the risk-free rate.
• B) Buy the stock, write a put, buy a call and invest the proceeds at the risk-free rate.
• C) Sell the stock short, buy a put, write a call and invest the proceeds at the risk-free rate.
• D) Buy the stock, write a put, buy a call and borrow the strike price at the risk-free rate.
• E) Sell the stock short, write a put, buy a call and borrow the strike price at the risk-free rate.

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Definitions:

Sample Standard Deviations

A measure of variability or dispersion within a sample dataset, estimating how much individual measurements in the sample differ from the sample mean.

Equal Sample Sizes

A condition in experimental design or analysis where all groups or conditions have the same number of observations.

Confidence Interval

A range of values, derived from a data set, that is likely to contain the value of an unknown population parameter with a certain degree of confidence.

Margin Of Error

The range of uncertainty or the maximum expected difference between the true population parameter and a sample estimate of that parameter.