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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 ______.

A. speculators
B. hedgers
C. arbitrageurs
D. traders

User Contributed Comments 4

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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.