Which of the following does not represent an arbitrage transaction?
A. Traders buy silks where they are abundant and cheap, and haul them along a trail to another place where they would be quite scarce and valued.
B. An investor buys a stock when the company is new and relatively unknown and then sells the stock for a much higher price when the company is well-known and profitable.
C. Someone buys a block of Final Four tickets and scalp them at the game.
D. A boat manufacturer buys the electrical components for its boats from the lowest cost supplier and then sells the boats to consumers.
Answer: D
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