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Chapter 17, Problem 25C
a. How would your hedging strategy in the previous problem change if, instead of holding an indexed portfolio, you hold a portfolio of only one stock with a beta of
b. How many contracts would you now choose to sell? Would your hedged position be riskless?
c. What would be the beta of the hedged position?
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