Classify the Following Trading Activities as Either a Position Trade,a

question 30

Essay

Classify the following trading activities as either a position trade,a pure arbitrage trade,or a risk arbitrage trade.
I. Buy Intel at $120 and hold it for six months in hopes of a price rise.
II. Buy GE on the NYSE and immediately sell it at a higher price on the Pacific Exchange.
III. Short sell Dell in anticipation of a poor quarterly earnings report.

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Definitions:

Black-Scholes Model

A mathematical model of the market for an equity, in which the price of the equity is modeled as a stochastic process, used primarily to price European style options.

Callable Bond

A callable bond is a type of bond that gives the issuer the right to repay the bond before its maturity date, at a predetermined call price.

Leveraged Firm

A company that uses borrowed funds or debt to finance its operations or acquisitions, aiming to increase potential returns to equity owners.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or variation in a set of values, indicating how much the values deviate from the mean.