You manage a Canadian stock portfolio worth $10 million. The TSX index is currently at 18,000 and the beta of the portfolio with respect to the TSX index is 1.4. Neither the index, nor the portfolio pay a dividend. The risk free rate is 4% p.a. continuously compounded. You are considering buying portfolio insurance against your portfolio losing more than 16% of its value over the next three months. Three-month Put options on the TSX index with various strike prices are available. Each put is for $100 times the index. For portfolio insurance you should purchase put options with a strike price closest to (round your answer to the closest integer

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You manage a Canadian stock portfolio worth $10 million. The TSX index is currently at 18,000 and the beta of the portfolio with respect to the TSX index is 1.4. Neither the index, nor the portfolio pay a dividend. The risk free rate is 4% p.a. continuously compounded. You are considering buying portfolio insurance against your portfolio losing more than 16% of its value over the next three months. Three-month Put options on the TSX index with various strike prices are available. Each put is for $100 times the index.

For portfolio insurance you should purchase put options with a strike price closest to (round your answer to the closest integer

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