Put-call parity spot check, find the arb
Stock at , zero interest rates, no dividends. The 1-year -strike European call trades at $8 and the -strike put at $6.
Is there an arbitrage? State the parity relation, find the violation, and give the exact trade and riskless profit.
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Compare a portfolio of {long call, short put} with just owning the stock forward.
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