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- ARBITRAGE COMPUTATIONS
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- ARBITRAGE IS SIMPLY BUYING AN ARTICLE IN ONE MARKET AND
- SELLING IT IN ANOTHER MARKET, HOPEFULLY AT A HIGHER PRICE.
- IN THE STOCK MARKET THIS MAY INVOLVE BUYING ONE SECURITY
- AND SELLING ANOTHER EQUIVALENT SECURITY IN THE SAME MARKET.
- THIS TYPE OF ARBITRAGE OCCURS WHEN MERGERS ARE BEING CONSID-
- ERED. OWNERS OF ONE SECURITY MAY TRADE THEM IN FOR ANOTHER
- PACKAGE OF SECURITIES. IN THIS CASE THE OWNERS OF THE FIRST
- SECURITY MAY WONDER WHAT THE VALUE OF THE SECOND PACKAGE IS.
- THIS PROGRAM EVALUATES THE VALUE OF A PACKAGE OF DIFFERENT
- SECURITIES. IN A MERGER A PACKAGE OF COMPANY A SECURITIES AND
- CASH ARE GENERALLY TRADED FOR A PACKAGE OF COMPANY B SECURITIES
- USUALLY SOME SHARES OF COMMON STOCK.
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- PRESS ENTER TO BEGIN?
- FOR EACH SECURITY IN PACKAGE ENTER PRICE/UNIT AND NO. UNITS
- IN PACKAGE.
- ENTER VALUE OF 1 UNIT OF SECURITY 1 (-1 TO END)? 123.45
- ENTER # OF UNITS OF SECURITY 1 IN PACKAGE? 67
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- ENTER VALUE OF 1 UNIT OF SECURITY 2 (-1 TO END)? 89.01
- ENTER # OF UNITS OF SECURITY 2 IN PACKAGE? 234
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- ENTER VALUE OF 1 UNIT OF SECURITY 3 (-1 TO END)? -1
- IS LINE PRINTER OUTPUT DESIRED(Y/N)? Y
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- PRESS ENTER WHEN PRINTER READY?
- VALUE OF UNIT # OF UNITS TOTAL VALUE
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- $123.45 67.0000 $8271.150
- $89.01 234.0000 $20828.340
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- GRAND TOTAL VALUE $29099.490
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- PRESS ENTER FOR MORE COMPUTATION? 0
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