Suppose we've successfully creating a new column naming "Days Below 50", which flag a day as "1", if that day stock price is below 50, and flag a day as "0", if that day stock price is above 50. If PivotTable Fields, what shall wA money manager invested in iShares Russell 2000 Index ETF Fund (Ticker: IWM). The
current value of her portfolio is $1 million. On April 18, 2022, she decided to use futures
contracts to hedge the stock portfolio against a decline in market value in next one month.
a. Suggest the best futures contract she should choose to hedge her portfolio.
b. Should she take a long or short (buy or sell) position?
c. How many contracts will be needed to hedge the portfolio?
d. How much money (margin balance) will she have to come up to open the futures
position?
e. Calculate the daily values of the investment with and without futures position for the
period between April 18 and April 29, 2022. e do, if we want to count the total number of days that stock prices are below 50