Essentials Of Investments
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Walgreen Company (NYSE: WAG) is currently trading at $48.75 on the NYSE. Walgreen Company is also listed on NASDAQ and assume it is currently trading on NASDAQ at $48.50. Does an arbitrage opportunity exists and if so how would you exploit it and how much would you make on a block trade of 100 shares?
- A) No, no arbitrage opportunity exists.
- B) Yes, buy on NASDAQ and sell on NYSE, make $25.
- C) Yes, buy on NYSE and sell on NASDAQ, make $25.
- D) Yes, buy on NASDAQ and sell on NYSE, make $250.
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Arbitrage is the simultaneous buying and selling of securities at different markets, at different price so as to profit from the different price of the asset in different markets.
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