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You are given the following information about a portfolio you are to manage.For the long-term you are bullish, but you think the market may fall over the next month. You are given the following information about a portfolio you are to manage.For the long-term you are bullish, but you think the market may fall over the next month.   How many contracts should you buy or sell to hedge your position Allow fractions of contracts in your answer. A) Sell 3.477 B) Buy 3.477 C) Sell 4.236 D) Buy 4.236 E) Sell 11.235 How many contracts should you buy or sell to hedge your position Allow fractions of contracts in your answer.


Definitions:

Cost Function

A mathematical relation that describes how the total cost of producing a good or service varies with the level of output.

Diseconomies of Scope

The phenomenon where a company’s costs increase as it produces more varied types of products or services, due to inefficiencies.

Returns to Scale

The rate at which output increases as inputs are increased proportionately.

Economies of Scope

Cost advantages companies experience when they increase the variety of products produced, as opposed to increasing the volume of a single product (economies of scale).

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