Ex. 02: Workbook 10-8 Able Energy, Inc. is a company listed on NASDAQ (symbol: ABLE). A...

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Ex. 02: Workbook 10-8 Able Energy, Inc. is a company listed on NASDAQ (symbol: ABLE). A trader sold 100 shares of this company on May 10, 2004 at 15:52:59 at a price of $2.66 per share. All the trades that occurred in Able Energy on that day are listed below. The trader is analyzing the implicit costs of the trade, focusing on the bid-ask spread and market impact using specified price benchmarks. Time 10:00:39 Trade price ($) Shares traded 2.71 200 10:00:39 2.72 200 10:00:43 2.76 100 13:09:07 2.77 100 14:13:11 2.70 1100 15:52:59 2.66 15:53:01 2.65 100 100 a. What would be the estimated implicit transaction costs using the opening price as a benchmark? b. What would be the estimated implicit transaction costs using the closing price as a benchmark? c. What would be the estimated implicit transaction costs using the volume-weighted average price (VWAP) as a benchmark? Ex. 02: Workbook 10-8 Able Energy, Inc. is a company listed on NASDAQ (symbol: ABLE). A trader sold 100 shares of this company on May 10, 2004 at 15:52:59 at a price of $2.66 per share. All the trades that occurred in Able Energy on that day are listed below. The trader is analyzing the implicit costs of the trade, focusing on the bid-ask spread and market impact using specified price benchmarks. Time 10:00:39 Trade price ($) Shares traded 2.71 200 10:00:39 2.72 200 10:00:43 2.76 100 13:09:07 2.77 100 14:13:11 2.70 1100 15:52:59 2.66 15:53:01 2.65 100 100 a. What would be the estimated implicit transaction costs using the opening price as a benchmark? b. What would be the estimated implicit transaction costs using the closing price as a benchmark? c. What would be the estimated implicit transaction costs using the volume-weighted average price (VWAP) as a benchmark?

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