choles' paper begins with the assertion that hedging and spreading are S economically identical activities. While not common trade use of these terms, what is meant is that both hedging and spreading are arbitrages, recognizing that what is being arbitraged is very different in each case. By the con
Optimal hedging and spreading on wheat futures markets
β Scribed by Da-Hsiang Donald Lien
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 550 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-7314
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n optimal hedge ratio is usually defined as the proportion of a cash position A that should be covered with an opposite position on a futures market. Under certain simplifying assumptions discussed below, optimal hedge ratios can be characterized by a simple rule: set the hedge ratio equal to the ra
A determination of the minimum variance hedging ratio.' The strength of these results is mitigated, however, by two factors: First, the researchers assume (implicitly or explicitly) that the hedger has a quadratic utility function. This is well-known to be a problematic assumption, since quadratic u