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An investor makes the decision to purchase 10,000 shares of ABC based on a price of $32 per share. Accordingly, the investor's broker makes the following trades over one trading day: Time Buy/Sell Price Volume 10:01:00 Buy $32.24 600 12:01:00 Buy $33.08 600 12:02:00 Buy $34.78 6,000 13:07:00 Buy $32.61 600 14:54:00 Buy $32.89 600 The stock closed at a price of $34. The broker charges a commission of $0.01 per share, including all explicit fees. (a) Calculate the broker's implementation shortfall. Show all working. (5 marks) (6 Apply the implementation shortfall method to categorise the investor's costs into the commission, delay, price impact and opportunity cost components. Provide a qualitative and quantitative justification for your categorisation. (6 marks) (7 Discuss the relationship between price impact costs and opportunity costs in the context of the implementation shortfall method. (4 marks)