Exhibit 21.9 Use the Information Below for the Following Problem(S)

question 27

Multiple Choice

Exhibit 21.9
Use the Information Below for the Following Problem(S)
As a portfolio manager, you are responsible for a $150 million portfolio, 90 percent of which is invested in equities, with a portfolio beta of 1.25. You are utilizing the S&P 500 as your passive benchmark. Currently the S&P 500 is valued at 1202. The value of the S&P 500 futures contract is equal to $250 times the value of the index. The beta of the futures contract is 1.0.
-Refer to Exhibit 21.9.How many contracts should you buy or sell in order to reduce the portfolio beta to 0.80 (rounded to the nearest integer) ?

• A) Sell 162 contracts
• B) Buy 162 contracts
• C) Sell 324 contracts
• D) Buy 324 contracts
• E) None of the above

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Definitions:

Direct Write-off Method

A method of accounting for bad debts where uncollectible accounts are directly written off against income at the time they are deemed non-collectable.

Uncollectible Account

A receivable that a company has not been able to collect from a debtor, leading to its recognition as a bad debt expense on the income statement.

Adjusting Entry

At the conclusion of an accounting cycle, journal entries are documented to distribute earnings and expenditures to the period in which they were genuinely incurred.

Bad Debts Expense

An expense reported on a company's income statement, representing the amount of non-collectable accounts receivable during a period.