What will be the profit/loss to an investor who buys the call for $4 in the following scenarios for stock prices in six months? (Loss amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) stock price profit/loss  $                   40.00    $                   45.00    $                   50.00    $                   55.00    $                   60.00   b. What will be the profit/loss in each scenario to an investor who buys the put for $6? (Loss amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

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Both a call and a put currently are traded on stock XYZ; both have strike prices of $50 and expirations of six months.

 

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a. What will be the profit/loss to an investor who buys the call for $4 in the following scenarios for stock prices in six months? (Loss amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

stock price profit/loss
 $                   40.00  
 $                   45.00  
 $                   50.00  
 $                   55.00  
 $                   60.00  



b. What will be the profit/loss in each scenario to an investor who buys the put for $6? (Loss amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

 
 
 
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