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Strategies
1. Long hedge and short hedge
2. Hedge ratio of an equity portfolio
3. Equity portfolio hedging example
4. Hedge ratio of a fixed-income portfolio
5. Bond portfolio hedging example
Hedging strategy:
January 15: buy four May futures contracts on copper (long
hedge)
May 15: close out futures position.
Case 1:
Cost of copper on May 15 is $2.90 per pound
The company gains 20 cents per pound from the futures
contract.
Case 2:
Cost of copper on May 15 is $2.35 per pound
The company loses 35 cents per pound from the futures contract.
In the U.S., crude oil and copper futures are traded on the New York
Mercantile Exchange. Visit its website for current crude oil and copper
futures prices: http://www.cmegroup.com/.
Hedging strategy:
May 15: sell 5,000 August futures contracts on crude oil (short
hedge)
August 15: close out futures position.
Case 1:
Oil price on August 15 is $30.00 per barrel:
XOM receives $30.00 per barrel under the sales contract.
XOM gains $58.75 per barrel from the futures contract.
Case 2:
Oil price on August 15 is $100.00 per barrel:
XOM receives $100.00 per barrel under the sales contract.
XOM loses $11.25 per barrel from the futures contract.
∆S DSModified S DSMacaulay / (1 + yS ) S
Nf *
=− =− Modified × =− Macaulay ×
∆f Df f Df / (1 + y f ) f
April 6
A local commercial bank agrees September Eurodollar futures IMM Index is at 88.23.
to purchase the whole issue at Price per $100 face value:
an effective forward yield of 11.40%. 100-(100-88.23)(90/360)= 97.0575
Price per contract: $970,575
Implied yield:
(100/97.0575)365/90-1 = 0.1288
Appropriate number of contracts:
9, 481,532.46 180 / 365 1.1288
Nf = − × × =
−19.80
970,575 90 / 365 1.1140
Sell 20 contracts
July 20
$10 million face value of commercial September Eurodollar futures IMM index is at 87.47
paper is issued at the effective spot rate
of 12.5653% Buy 20 contracts
000, 000 (1.125653)
−180 / 365
PV 10, = $9, 433, 000
($10,000,000/$9,471,000)365/180 – 1 = 0.1165.
Conclusion:
No hedge: 12.5653%
Forward hedge: 11.40%
Futures hedge: 11.65%