You invest in £20 million in British bonds paying 10% intere…
You invest in £20 million in British bonds paying 10% interest that will mature in 2 year. You are afraid that $ will become stronger in the future against the £. The futures price is £1 = $1.60. How can you hedge against exchange rate risk using £ futures? One contract is for £62,500. Show all calculations.
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You manage a $900 million stock portfolio with a beta of 0.8. The price for the 3 month SP 500 index futures is 2400. To hedge your portfolio against market decline (a) what should you do using SP 500 index futures? (b) Calculate the number of contracts. (c) Why is beta used to get the number of contracts? Show all calculations.
Read DetailsYou manage a bond portfolio worth $200 million. You wish to…
You manage a bond portfolio worth $200 million. You wish to hedge your portfolio against rise in interest rates by using T-bond futures that will mature in 9 months. The duration of your bond portfolio is 6 years, the duration of the T-bond is 7 years. The bond futures price is 96,000. (a) What action must you take and how many contracts? (b) Why do you need to use the duration of the bonds to get the answer? Show all calculations.
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