Consider a stock priced at $30 with a standard deviation of 0.3. The risk-free rate is 0.05. There are put and call options available at exercise prices of 30 and a time to expiration of six months. The calls are priced at $2.89 and the puts cost $2.15. There are no dividends on the stock and the options are European.
What is the profit from the transaction from a finance perspective (adjusting for the TVM)?
$7.00
$4.11
$4.04
$3.96
none of the above
Assume that the stock begins paying a dividend of 3% and the price of the call option falls to $2.75. What is the price of the put in this situation?