An arbitrageur is?
| has only a long or short position in a financial market, but not both. |
| has a short cash market position and a long financial market
position. |
| has a financial market position opposite of their cash market position. |
| does not have a cash market position, and is both long and short in a financial market. |
The correct answer is option c) has a financial market position opposite of their cash market position
An arbitrageur takes one position in financial market and an opposite position in cash market to hedge his position and lock in his profits.
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(SI), both the statement of financial position and statement of
income (B), or neither statement (N)—for example, it might appear
only on the statement of cash flows.
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