e use random sampling techniques to form portfolios of common stocks so W that the portfolios differ in systematic risk and dividend yield. Using three hedge strategies (naive, beta and minimum-variance), we add short positions of the S&P 500 Stock Index futures contract to each equity portfolio. Ov
Hedging dividend capture strategies with stock index futures
β Scribed by David A. Dubofsky
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 682 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-7314
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