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A stock becomes hard to borrow and the borrow cost rises sharply. What happens to put–call parity?
- ANothing – parity is model-free
- BThe spot term is reduced, as if by a dividend
- CThe strike term is discounted at a correspondingly higher rate
- DParity reverses sign
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