a. Should you consider taking a position in U.S. bond index futures to hedge your investment in

Question:

a. Should you consider taking a position in U.S. bond index futures to hedge your investment in U.S. bonds? Explain.
b. Should you consider taking a position in Japanese bond index futures to hedge your investment in Japanese bonds? Explain.
c. Should you consider taking a position in U.S. stock index futures to hedge your investment in U.S. Explain.
d. Should you consider taking a position in Japanese stock index futures to hedge your investment in Japanese (Note: The Japanese stock index is denominated in yen, and therefore is used to hedge stock movements, not currency movements).
e. Should you consider taking a position in Japanese yen futures to hedge the risk of your investment in Japanese and bonds?
As a manager, you are monitoring previous investments that you made in and bonds of U.S. firms, and in and bonds of Japanese firms. Though you plan to keep all of these investments over the long run, you are willing to hedge against adverse effects on your investments that result from economic conditions. You expect that over the next year, U.S. and Japanese interest rates will decline, the U.S. stock market will perform poorly, the Japanese stock market will perform well, and the Japanese yen (the currency) will depreciate against the dollar.
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