You have an equity portfolio valued at $1.22 million that has a beta of .98. You have decided to hedge this portfolio using SPX call option contracts. The S&P 500 index is currently 3,092. The option delta is 0.639. How many option contracts must you write to effectively hedge your portfolio?
Read DetailsStock A has a standard deviation of 15% per year and Stock B has a standard deviation of 8% per year. The correlation between Stock A and Stock B is .40. You have a portfolio of these two stocks wherein Stock B has a portfolio weight of 40%. What is your portfolio variance?
Read DetailsAsset K has an expected return of 21 percent and a standard deviation of 36 percent. Asset L has an expected return of 9 percent and a standard deviation of 20 percent. The correlation between the assets is .45. What is the standard deviation of the minimum variance portfolio? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) Do not include the % sign.
Read DetailsA stock is currently selling for $46.50. A 3-month put option with a strike price of $50 has an option premium of $5.05. The risk-free rate is 5% and the market rate is 8.75%. What is the option premium on a 2-month call with a $30 strike price? Assume the options are European style.
Read DetailsStock A has a standard deviation of 15% per year and Stock B has a standard deviation of 21% per year. The correlation between Stock A and Stock B is .30. You have a portfolio of these two stocks wherein Stock B has a portfolio weight of 60%. What is your portfolio standard deviation?
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