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an fi has da = 2.45 years and dl = 1.97 years. the fi has total assets equal to $375 million and total liablities to 225 million. the fi wishes to fully immunize its balance sheet by hedging with t-bond futures that have a market value of $115,000 and a duration of 5 years. how many contracts are needed and should the fi buy or sell them. 826: sell 826: buy 825: sell 825: buy 827: buy

          an fi has da = 2.45 years and dl = 1.97 years. the fi has total assets equal to $375 million and total liablities to 225 million. the fi wishes to fully immunize its balance sheet by hedging with t-bond futures that have a market value of $115,000 and a duration of 5 years. how many contracts are needed and should the fi buy or sell them. 826: sell 826: buy 825: sell 825: buy 827: buy
        
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an fi has da = 2.45 years and dl = 1.97 years. the fi has total assets equal to $375 million and total liablities to 225 million. the fi wishes to fully immunize its balance sheet by hedging with t-bond futures that have a market value of $115,000 and a duration of 5 years. how many contracts are needed and should the fi buy or sell them. 826: sell 826: buy 825: sell 825: buy 827: buy
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00:01 To evaluate the value of future contract and its face value.
00:07 So given to us bond portfolio of 400 dollars, sorry 400 million dollars with duration of 8 .4 years.
00:35 Future price is 102 then 85 days of exploration, which is 85 divided by 365 in days, sorry in years now multiplier of treasury rate future is 1 lakh dollars.
01:26 So now evaluating duration of future, which is evaluated as duration of underlying asset multiplied by maturity putting in the value.
01:59 We get 6 .2 to which we add 85 divided by 365.
02:07 Sorry, we multiply it...
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