Consider an ETF That Is Made Up of One Share

question 5

Essay

Consider an ETF that is made up of one share each of IBM,MRK,and C.The current quote for this ETF currently is $162.85 (bid)$163.00 (ask).What should you do?

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Definitions:

Average Total Costs

Average total costs represent the total costs of production (fixed and variable costs combined) divided by the quantity of output produced.

Pure Nondiscriminating Monopolist

A market situation where a single seller sells a product to all buyers at the same price without price discrimination.

Allocative Efficiency

A state of the economy in which production represents consumer preferences; in particular, every good or service is produced up to the point where the last unit provides a utility to consumers equal to the cost of producing it.

Productive Efficiency

A situation in which a good or service is produced at the lowest possible cost.