Question: 7 . Late Trading On August 3 1 , a mutual fund has the following assets and prices at 4 : 0 0 pm .

7. Late Trading
On August 31, a mutual fund has the following assets and prices at 4:00pm.
3
Stock Shares owned Price
11,000 $2
25,000 $4
31,000 $5
410,000 $1
53,000 $3
Cash N/A 4500
Liabilities 0
Suppose at 6:30pm, Stock 3 announces an increase in earnings, and the price of stock 3 jumps to
$8 in after-market trading. If the fund (illegally) allows investors to buy at the current NAV
(NAV at trading hours on August 31), how many shares will $10,000 buy? What is the gain for
the investors to such illegal trades? Assume 1,000 shares are outstanding before the trades.

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