Historical data suggest the standard deviation of an all-equity strategy is about 5.9% per month. Suppose the risk-free rate is now 1% per month and market volatility is at its historical level. What would be a maximum monthly fee to a perfect market timer, according to the Black-Scholes formula? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Maximum monthly fee
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The excess return is the return of the strategy minus the risk-free rate. In this case, the excess return would be the historical standard deviation of 5.9% per month. Show more…
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