A manager wants to temporarily reduce his exposure to equities for one month. The manager plans to construct a synthetic cash position by selling futures. The portfolio value is $10 million, dividend yield is 0.3%, risk-free rate is 5%. The futures contract is priced at $1,250 and has a multiplier of $100.
The number of futures contracts required to sell is?
这题没明白为啥要10million*(1+5%*1/12),看了解释还是没明白,说一个月之后交割那岂不是一个月之后才拿到10million 为什么会在一个月期间有收益呢?且我并没有真实的卖股票那么期间如果股票产生的收益最多计算在我的一个月之后我的portfolio之中,跟现在我需要变现10million有啥关系呢?
我的理解是在short futures的时候就会拿到10million,然后一个月之后交割计算盈亏,在其间我还是可以获得一个risk free rate