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Basic Question 0 of 5
Market participants that take advantage of misalignments between the prices of futures contracts and the prices of their underlying commodities to earn the riskless profit are called ______.
B. hedgers
C. arbitrageurs
D. traders
A. speculators
B. hedgers
C. arbitrageurs
D. traders
User Contributed Comments 4
User | Comment |
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rfvo | Why C? |
Vikku | Only arbitrageurs make riskless profits. |
ascruggs92 | The answer is C because that is the definition of arbitrage. |
Inaganti6 | riskless profit = key word |

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Learning Outcome Statements
calculate and interpret residual income, economic value added, and market value added;
CFA® 2025 Level II Curriculum, Volume 4, Module 24.