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A fund manager has a portfolio worth $75 million. The beta of the portfolio is 1.15. She plans to use 3-month futures contracts on S&P 500 to hedge the systematic risk over the next 2 months. The current 3-month futures price is 1315, and the mu

A fund manager has a portfolio worth $75 million. The beta of the portfolio is 1.15. She plans to use 3-month futures contracts on S&P 500 to hedge the systematic risk over the next 2 months. The current 3-month futures price is 1315, and the multiplier of the futures contract is $250 times the index. How many futures contracts should the fund manager trade in?



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