Consider a portfolio manager with a $20,500,000 equity portfolio under management. The manager wishes to hedge against a decline in share values using stock index futures. Currently a stock index future is priced at 1250 and has a multiplier of 250. The portfolio beta is 1.25. Calculate the number of contract required to hedge the risk exposure and indicate whether the manager should be short or long. O 82 contracts long. 100 contract short. 82 contracts short.

Consider a portfolio manager with a $20,500,000 equity portfolio under management. The manager wishes to hedge against a decline in share values using stock index futures. Currently a stock index future is priced at 1250 and has a multiplier of 250. The portfolio beta is 1.25. Calculate the number of contract required to hedge the risk exposure and indicate whether the manager should be short or long. O 82 contracts long. 100 contract short. 82 contracts short.

EBK CONTEMPORARY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

14th Edition

ISBN:9781337514835

Author:MOYER

Publisher:MOYER

Chapter8: Analysis Of Risk And Return

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 25P

See similar textbooks

Similar questions

Consider a portfolio manager with a $20,500,000 equity portfolio under management. The manager wishes to hedge against a decline in share values using stock index futures. Currently a stock index future is priced at 2,550 and has a multiplier of 250. The portfolio beta is 1.25. How many contracts do you need to sell?
Suppose we have the following information: Securit Amount Invested Expected Return Beta Stock A RM1 ,OOO 8% 0.80 Stock B RM2,OOO 12% 0.95 Stock C RM3,OOO 15% 1.10 Stock D RM4,OOO 18% a) Compute the expected return on this portfolio. b) Calculate the beta of the portfolio. c) Does this portfolio have more or less systematic risk than an average asset? Explain.
7. The following data are available to you as portfolio manager: Security Estimated return (%) Beta A 40 3.0 B 35 2.5 30 1.0 D 17.5 1.8 E 20.0 1.5 Market Index 25 2.0 Govemment Security 17 a) In terms of the security market line, which of the securities listed above are underpriced? b) Assuming that a portfolio is constructed using equal proportions of the five securities listed above, calculate the expected retum and risk of such a portfolio.
By using the formula of risk and return, find the answer:
. The following questions are related to modern portfolio theory. • Assume there are only two stocks in the equity market. •The risk-free rate is 1.00%. Stock Return Volatility Correlation Matrix Y 0.7 1.0 X Y X 15.00% 20.00% 1.0 10.00% 15.00% 0.7 (a) Make an investment portfolio using the risky assets that has an expected return 12%. (b) Calculate the volatility of the portfolio in (a).
An investor is forming a portfolio by investing $50,000 in stock A which has a beta of 2.40, and $50,000 in stock B which has a beta of 0.60. The return on the market is equal to 8% and treasure bonds have a yield of 3% (rRF). What’s the portfolio beta? 0.60 1.30 1.50 1.80 Using the information in Question 41, calculate the required rate of return on the investor’s portfolio 11.0% 15.0% 12.0% 10.5% A retail store is offering a diamond ring for sale for 36 months at $128 per month. The retail price of the ring is $4,000. What is the interest rate on this offer? 9.43% 11.20% 11.98% 12.11%
Show detailed steps to solve the following question. Consider a portfolio comprised of three securities in the following proportions and with the indicated security beta. a.) What is the portfolios beta? b.) Wht is the portfolios expected return?
Consider a portfolio consisting of the following three stocks: an expected return of 8%. The risk-free rate is 3%. a. Compute the beta and expected return of each stock. ▪ The volatility of the market portfolio is 10% and it has b. Using your answer from part a, calculate the expected return of the portfolio. c. What is the beta of the portfolio? d. Using your answer from part c, calculate the expected return of the portfolio and verify that it matches your answer to part b.
An investor has a portfolio of two securities, a stock with a beta of 1.24 and a risk-free asset. The stock has an expected return of 13.68% and the risk-free asset has an expected return of 2.80%. The portfolio beta is 0.65. What rate of return should the investor expect to earn on her portfolio? Group of answer choices 8.50% 9.16% 9.33% 9.41%
Suppose you have a portfolio that has $290 in stock A with a beta of 1.04, $1, 160 in stock B with a beta of1.34, and $870 in the risk-free asset. You have another $580 to invest. You wish to achieve a beta for yourwhole portfolio to be the same as the market beta. What is the beta of the added security?
At time t=0 Mr. Anderson sets up a riskless portfolio by taking a position in an option and in the underlying asset. Explain what Mr. Anderson needs to do at time t=1 to keep his portfolio risk neutral and why. A stock price is currently $100 and at the end of four months it will be ST . A derivative written on this stock pays off expST1/3 in four months. Given that u = 1.15, d = 0.87, and that the risk-free interest rate is 10% p.a. (continuously compounded), answer the following questions using a one-period binomial model (show all the details of your calculations and display the results with four decimal places): Calculate the value of ∆ Calculate the current value of the derivative.
Currently, you own a portfolio comprised of the following three securities. How much of the riskiest security should you sell and replace with risk-free securities if you want your portfolio beta to equal 90 percent of the market beta? Stock Value $13,640 15,980 23,260 E F Multiple Choice O $7,023.15 $7,811.29 O $8,666.67 O $7,753.51 Beta 1.13 1.48 .86 $8,318.50