Consider an initial public offering of 40 million shares. Th…

Consider an initial public offering of 40 million shares. The offer price is $70 per share with an underwriting fee of 2.0 percent of the total raised. Suppose the price of the stock jumped to $80 per share during its initial trading in the market. How much money did the issuing corporation leave on the table?

Challenge The national order book for shares of ABC Corp. is…

Challenge The national order book for shares of ABC Corp. is: National Order Book Asks /Limit Sell Orders       Price Shares Dealer Ask $112 2,400   $111 600   $110 480   $109 120 Best Ask $108 48         Bids /Limit Buy Orders   Price Shares Best Bid $106 10   $105 25   $104 100   $103 125 Dealer Bid $102 500       Suppose a market order to sell 200 shares arrives from a fund manager. At what weighted-average price will this order be filled? (note: this spreads are unrealistically large. In reality, they would be $0.01) Enter your answer as a number of dollars, rounded to the nearest $0.01.

Suppose that you just short sold 100 shares of ABC stock for…

Suppose that you just short sold 100 shares of ABC stock for $80 per share. The initial margin requirement is 60%, which you cover by pledging T-bills as collateral. If the price of the stock falls to $67 per share, what return did you earn? Ignore the interest earned on T-bills.