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Jeff is an arbitrage trader, and he wants to calculate the implied dividend yield on a stock while looking at the over-the-counter price of a 5-year put and call (both European-style) on that same stock. He has the following data:
Initial stock price = USD 85
Strike price = USD 90
Continuous risk-free rate = 5%
Underlying stock volatility = unknown
Call price = USD 10
Put price = USD 15
What is the continuous implied dividend yield of that stock?
A
2.48%
B
4.69%
C
5.34%
D
7.71%