Construct arbitrage strategy to exploit mispriced forward

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Stock XYZ pays dividends of $2 every three months, namely at T1 = 2/12; T2 = 5/12; T3 = 8/12; : : :. Consider a forward contract on XYZ with maturity T = 9/12, i.e 9 months. If S0 = 200, F = 200 and r = 0.04, construct an arbitrage strategy to exploit the mispriced forward.

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