You are a provider of portfolio insurance and are establishing a $4-$year program. The portfolio you manage is worth

$$120$ million, and you hope to provide a minimum return of $0\%.$ The equity portfolio has a standard deviation of $18\%$ per

year, and T$-$bills pay $5\%$ per year. Assume that the portfolio pays no dividends.

Required:

a$-1.$ What is the delta of the implicit put option conveyed by the portfolio insurance?

a$-2.$ How much of the portfolio should be sold and placed in bills?

b$-1.$ What is the delta if the new portfolio falls by $2\%$ on the first day of trading?

b$-2.$ Complete the following:

Answer is complete but not entirely correct.

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What is the delta of the implicit put option conveyed by the portfolio insurance?

Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your answer to $4$

decimal places.

The put delta is