If he holds a $12.0 million portfolio of Waterworks stock and wishes to hedge market exposure for the next month using one-month maturity S&P 500 futures contracts, how many contracts should he enter? The S&P 500 currently is at 2,000 and the contract multiplier is $50. a-2. Should he buy or sell contracts? multiple choice Sell Correct Buy b. Assuming that monthly returns are approximately normally distributed, what is the probability that this market-neutral strategy will lose money over the next month? Assume the risk-free rate is 0.8% per month.
The following is part of the computer output from a regression of monthly returns on Waterworks stock against the S&P 500 Index. A hedge fund manager believes that Waterworks is underpriced, with an alpha of 1% over the coming month.
| Beta | R-square | Standard Deviation of Residuals |
|---|---|---|
| 0.75 | 0.65 | 0.05 (i.e., 5% monthly) |
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a-1. If he holds a $12.0 million portfolio of Waterworks stock and wishes to hedge market exposure for the next month using one-month maturity S&P 500 futures contracts, how many contracts should he enter? The S&P 500 currently is at 2,000 and the contract multiplier is $50.
a-2. Should he buy or sell contracts?
multiple choice
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Sell Correct
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Buy
b. Assuming that monthly returns are approximately
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