Which of the Following Are Needed to Determine the Number

question 38

Multiple Choice

Which of the following are needed to determine the number of stock index futures required to cross-hedge a stock portfolio?
I. standard deviation of the stock portfolio
II. beta of the stock portfolio
III. value of the index futures contract
IV. value of the stock portfolio

• A)I and III only
• B)II and IV only
• C)I, II, and III only
• D)II, III, and IV only
• E)I, III, and IV only

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Definitions:

Productivity

The measure of how efficiently goods and services are produced, often expressed as the ratio of outputs to inputs.

Diminishing Returns

An economic principle stating that as investment in a particular area increases, the rate of profit from that investment, after a certain point, cannot continue to increase if other variables remain at a constant.

Average Total Cost (ATC)

ATC refers to the per-unit cost of production, calculated by dividing the total costs by the quantity of output produced.

Diseconomies of Scale

Increases in the firm’s per-unit costs associated with increases in firm size due to inefficiencies and monitoring problems.