The Bert Corp. and Ernie, Inc., have both announced IPOs. You place an order for 700 shares of each IPO. One of the IPOs is underpriced by $15.75 and the other is overpriced by $6.50. You will receive all of the shares you ordered of the

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The Bert Corp. and Ernie, Inc., have both announced IPOs. You place an order for 700 shares of each IPO. One of the IPOs is underpriced by $15.75 and the other is overpriced by $6.50. You will receive all of the shares you ordered of the overpriced IPO, but only one-half of the shares you ordered of the underpriced IPO. What profit do you expect?

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$15,575.00

$5,512.50

$4,229.25

$962.50

$6,475.00 

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