ABC Finances believes that market volatility will be 20 percent annually for the next three years. Three-

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ABC Finances believes that market volatility will be 20 percent annually for the next three years. Three- year at- the- money call and put options on the market index sell at an implied volatility of 22 percent. What options portfolio can ABC establish to speculate on its volatility belief without taking a bullish or bearish position on the market? Using ABC’s estimate of volatility, three- year at- the- money options have N( d1) 5 .6.
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A portfolio is a grouping of financial assets such as stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies and cash equivalents, as well as their fund counterparts, including mutual, exchange-traded and closed funds. A portfolio can also consist of non-publicly...
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Authors: Zvi Bodie, Alex Kane, Alan Marcus, Stylianos Perrakis, Peter

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