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You have $1000, and a certain commodity presently sells for $2 per ounce. Suppose that aft...

You have $1000, and a certain commodity presently sells for $2 per ounce. Suppose that after one week the commodity will sell for either $ 1 or $4 an ounce, with these two possibilities being equally likely.

(a) If your objective is to maximize the expected amount of money that you possess at the end of the week, what strategy should you employ?


(b) If your objective is to maximize the expected amount of the commodity that you possess at the end of the week, what strategy should you employ?

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