Synthetic Cash, Future Dividend?
A manager wants to synthetically convert to cash $45 million of a diversified stock portfolio for three months. The manager will use the CME E-mini S&P stock index futures contract, which has a multiplier equal to $50, and the price of the three month contract is 1610.50. The dividend yield on the portfolio is 2.4%. The risk-free rate is 4.04%. The number of contracts the fund needs to use is closest to:
A) 564.
B) 588.
C) 532. |
发表于 2011-7-13 16:02
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