EBK CORPORATE FINANCE
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ISBN: 9780134202785
Author: DeMarzo
Publisher: VST
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Chapter 3.A, Problem A.1P
The table here shows the no-arbitrage prices of securities A and B that we calculated.
- a. What are the payoffs of a portfolio of one share of security A and one share of security B?
- b. What is the market price of this portfolio? What expected return will you earn from holding this portfolio?
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