A company has a portfolio of stocks worth $100 million. the beta of the porfolio is 1.2. the company would like to use the CME december futures contract on the s&p 500 to change the beta of the portfolio to 0.5 during the period July 16 to November 16. the index future price is currently 1,00 and each contract is $250 times the index

a. what position should the company take long or short, how many contracts?

b. suppose the company changes its mind and decided to increast the beta of the portfolio from 1.2 to 1.5. what postion in the futures contrachs should it take, how many contracts?

Which of the following would cause a shift to the right of the supply curve for gasoline? i. a large increase in the price of public transportation. ii. a large decrease in the price of automobiles. iii. a large reduction in the costs of producing gasoline

Ryngard corp's sales last year were $38,000, and its total assets were $16,000. what was its total assets turnover ratio (tato)? a. 2.04b. 2.14c. 2.26d. 2.38e. 2.49

Mauro products distributes a single product, a woven basket whose selling price is $15 and whose variable expense is $12 per unit. the company’s monthly fixed expense is $4,200. required: 1. solve for the company’s break-even point in unit sales using the equation method. 2. solve for the company’s break-even point in dollar sales using the equation method and the cm ratio. (do not round intermediate calculations. round "cm ratio percent" to nearest whole percent.) 3. solve for the company’s break-even point in unit sales using the formula method. 4. solve for the company’s break-even point in dollar sales using the formula method and the cm ratio. (do not round intermediate calculations. round "cm ratio percent" to nearest whole percent.)