Question 31 2 pts On July 1, an investor holds 50,000 shares of a certain stock. The market price is $36 per share. The investor is interested in hedging against movements in the market over the next month (i.e. the investor wants to hold market-neutral position with a beta of zero) and decides to use the Sep. S&P 500 futures contract. The index future price is 1,500. The beta of the stock is 1.2. Note: One S&P 500 futures contract is for delivery of $250 times the S&P 500 index (i.e., the multiplier for the contract is 250). a) Should the investor long or short the futures contract? Please input long or short in lower case. Your answer: b) How many futures contracts should the investor trade? Please input only the number of contracts to trade; round the number to the nearest whole number. Your