Suppose that $70 billion of equity assets are the subject of portfolio insurance schemes. Assume that the

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Suppose that $70 billion of equity assets are the subject of insurance schemes. Assume that the schemes are designed to provide insurance against the value of the assets declining by more than 5% within one year. Making whatever estimates you find necessary, use the DerivaGem software to calculate the value of the stock or futures contracts that the administrators of the insurance schemes will attempt to sell if the market falls by 23% in a single day. Portfolio
A portfolio is a grouping of financial assets such as stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies and cash equivalents, as well as their fund counterparts, including mutual, exchange-traded and closed funds. A portfolio can also consist of non-publicly...