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$5.$ The stock market

A stock market is a $$ market for trading a company's stocks and derivatives.

The difference between the price at which a dealer will sell a certain security and the price at which a dealer will buy a security is called the

$$ Jorge, a trader, wants to buy $1,000$ shares of XYZ stock, while a second trader, Adele, is willing to sell $1,500$ shares of the same stock. Unfortunately, Jorge and Adele don't know one another and must complete their transactions using the stock exchange's market$-$making dealer. XYZ$\text{'}$s market maker is willing to sell her shares for $$30\mathrm{.}50$ per share and purchase additional shares for $$29\mathrm{.}50$ per share. Select the most appropriate values in the following table:

$\backslash$table$[[$Term$,$Value$],[$Bid price,$],[$Ask price,$],[$Bid$-$ask spread,$],[,]]$

If the market maker is willing to purchase the entire block of $1,500$ shares from Adele and, from that block, resell $1,000$ shares to Jorge, then the market maker's net profit from Jorge's transaction$-$excluding any inventory effects$-$will be $$