Today, You Are Buying a One-Year Call on Piper Sons

question 63

Multiple Choice

Today, you are buying a one-year call on Piper Sons stock with a strike price of $27.50 per share and a one-year risk-free asset which pays 3.5 percent interest. The cost of the call is $1.40 per share and the amount invested in the risk-free asset is $26.57. How much total profit will you earn on these purchases if the stock has a market price of $29 one year from now?

• A)$0.10
• B)$0.85
• C)$1.03
• D)$1.11
• E)$1.17

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Definitions:

Dividends In Arrears

Outstanding dividends on cumulative preferred stock that have not been paid by the designated payment date.

Cumulative Preferred Stock

A type of preferred stock that entitles shareholders to receive dividends in arrears before any dividends can be distributed to common stockholders.

Guaranteed Dividends

Dividends that are promised by a corporation to preferred shareholders, payable before any dividends are given to common shareholders.

Par Value

The nominal or face value assigned to a share of stock or a bond, used in legal documents and usually unrelated to market value.