1 chapter 24 integrating derivative assets and portfolio management
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Introduction Futures and options:
• Can be used in risk management and income generation
• Can be integrated into the portfolio management process
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Portfolio Objectives Portfolio objectives must be set with or
without derivatives
Futures and options can be used to adjust the fixed-income portfolio, the equity portfolio, or both to accomplish the objectives
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Portfolio Objectives (cont’d) Assume:
• You are newly responsible for managing a corporate in-house scholarship fund
• The fund consists of corporate and government bonds and bank CDs
• The fund has growth of income as the primary objective and capital appreciation as the secondary objective
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Portfolio Objectives (cont’d) Assume (cont’d):
• A one-time need requires income generation of $75,000 during the next year
• An account is opened with the deposit of cash and the existing fixed-income securities for a value of about $1.5 million
• Trading fees are paid out of a small, separate trust fund
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Stocks You decide to include stocks in the
portfolio for $1,000,000 so that:• The portfolio beta is between 1.05 and 1.15• The investment in each stock is between 4 and
7 percent of the total• You avoid odd lots
Linear programming can be used to determine the solution (see next slide)
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Stocks (cont’d) The final portfolio consists of:
• $495,002 in bonds
• $996,986 in stocks
• $3,014 in cash
• A total value of $1,495,002
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Determining Unmet Income Needs
The existing portfolio should generate:• $33,350 from bonds• $25,026 from dividends
You are $16,624 short relative to the $75,000 goal
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Writing Index Calls You want to write index call options to
generate the additional needed income:• Write short-term out-of-the-money calls to
avoid exercise• Determine implied volatilities of the options• Use the implied volatilities to determine the
option deltas• Determine the number of options you can write
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Writing Index Calls (cont’d) Eligible options are identified (all with
August expiration):
Striking Price Premium Delta
305 4.13 0.435
310 3 0.324
315 1.75 0.228
320 1 0.151
Current level of the Index = 298.96
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Writing Index Calls (cont’d) You determine the maximum contracts you
can write using stock as collateral:
Striking Price Premium Delta
Maximum Contracts Income
305 4.875 0.435 171 $83,362
310 3 0.324 203 60,900
315 1.75 0.228 244 42,700
320 1 0.151 301 30,100
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Writing Index Calls (cont’d) You decide to write 56 AUG 310 index
calls:• Generates $3 x 56 x 100 = $16,800 in income
immediately
• The delta of 0.324 indicates that these options will likely expire worthless
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Stock Portfolio Determining the portfolio delta and beta Caveats about prices from the popular press Caveats about Black-Scholes prices for
away-from-the-money options
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Determining the Portfolio Delta and Beta
The equity portion of the portfolio has a beta of 1.08
Writing index call option always reduces the portfolio beta• Short calls carry negative deltas
It is important to know the risk level of the portfolio
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Determining the Portfolio Delta and Beta (cont’d)
First, determine the hedge ratio for the stock portfolio:
Portfolio value Beta
Contract value
$996,9751.08 36.02
$298.96 100
HR
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Determining the Portfolio Delta and Beta (cont’d)
The stock portfolio is theoretically equivalent to 36.02 at-the-money contracts of the index
Next, calculate the delta of a hypothetical index option with a striking price of 298.96• Assume the delta is 0.578
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Determining the Portfolio Delta and Beta (cont’d)
Determine the delta contributions of the stock and the short options:
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Determining the Portfolio Delta and Beta (cont’d)
Lastly, estimate the resulting portfolio beta:
Initial portfolio delta Final portfolio delta
Initial portfolio beta Final portfolio beta
2,081.96 267.56
1.08 BetaBeta 0.14
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Determining the Portfolio Delta and Beta (cont’d)
The stock portfolio combined with the index options:• Has a slightly positive position delta• Has a slightly positive beta
The total portfolio is slightly bullish and will benefit from rising market prices
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Caveats About Prices from the Popular Press
Nonsynchronous trading is the phenomenon whereby comparative prices come from different points in time• Prices for less actively traded issues may have
been determined hours before the close of the market
• When you consider strategies involving away from the money options, you should verify the actual bid/ask prices for a security
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Caveats About Black-Scholes Prices
The Black-Scholes OPM:• Works well for near-the-money options • Works less accurately for options that are
substantially in the money or out of the money
To calculate delta, it may be preferable to calculate implied volatility for the option you are investigating
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Introduction Equity options can be used to hedge
company specific risk• Company specific risk is in additional to overall
market risk– E.g., a lawsuit
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Buying Puts To hedge 100 percent of a stock position, it
is necessary to calculate a hedge ratio to determine the number of contracts needed:
Portfolio (Stock) value 1
Contract value (use Spot) DeltaHR
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Buying Puts (cont’d)Example
You own 1,000 shares of a stock currently selling for $56 per share. Put options are available with a premium of $0.45 and a $55 striking price. The put delta is –0.18.
How many options should you purchase to hedge your position in the stock from a downfall due to company specific risk?
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Buying Puts (cont’d)Example (cont’d)
Solution: Calculate the hedge ratio:
Portfolio (Stock) value 1
Contract value (use Spot) Delta
1,000 $56 1
100 $56 0.1855.55 contracts
HR
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Buying Puts and Writing Calls Buying puts may be too expensive
• Consider writing calls in addition to buying puts
– Long puts and short calls both have negative deltas
Including both puts and calls in a portfolio can result in substantially different ending portfolio values
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Fixed-Income Portfolio Hedging the bond portfolio value with T-
bond futures Hedging the bond portfolio with futures
options
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Hedging With T-Bond Futures T-bond futures can be used to reduce
interest rate risk by reducing portfolio duration• Chapter 23
• If interest rates rise, the value of a fixed-income portfolio declines
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Hedging With T-Bond Futures (cont’d)
Determine the hedge ratio:
where price of bond portfolio as a percentage of par
duration of bond portfolio
price of futures contract as a percentage
duration of cheapest-to-deliver bond eligible
b bctd
f f
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b
f
f
P DHR CF
P D
P
D
P
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for delivery
conversion factor for the cheapest-to-deliver bondctdCF
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Hedging With T-Bond Futures (cont’d)
Determine the number of contracts you need to sell to hedge:
Portfolio valueNumber of contracts
$100,000HR
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Hedging With T-Bond Futures (cont’d)
Example
A fixed-income portfolio has a value of $495,002. Using the cheapest-to-deliver bond, you determine a hedge ratio of 0.8215.
How many T-bond futures do you need to sell to completely hedge this portfolio?
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Hedging With T-Bond Futures (cont’d)
Example (cont’d)
Solution: You need to sell 5 contracts to hedge completely:
Portfolio valueNumber of contracts
$100,000
$495,0020.8215
$100,000
4.91 contracts
HR
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Hedging With Futures Options A futures option is an option giving its
owner the right to buy or sell a futures contract• A futures call gives its owner the right to go
long a futures contract
• A futures put gives its owner the right to go short a futures contract
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Hedging With Futures Options (cont’d)
The buyer of a futures option has a known and limited maximum loss• Buying only the futures contract can result in
large losses
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Hedging With Futures Options (cont’d)
Futures options do not require the good faith deposit associated with futures
You could buy T-bond futures puts instead of going short T-bond futures to hedge the bond portfolio
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Hedging With Futures Options (cont’d)
The appropriate hedge ratio for futures options is:
Portfolio value 1
$100,000 DeltaHR CF
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Hedging With Futures Options (cont’d)
Example
A fixed-income portfolio has a value of $495,002. MAR 98 T-bond futures calls are available with a premium of 2-44 and a delta of 0.583. The underlying futures currently sell for 91.
How many calls do you need to write to hedge? What is the income this strategy generates?
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Hedging With Futures Options (cont’d)
Example (cont’d)
Solution: The hedge ratio indicates you need to write 9 contracts to hedge:
Portfolio value 1
$100,000 Delta
$495,002 10.91
$100,000 0.583
8.933
HR CF
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Hedging With Futures Options (cont’d)
Example (cont’d)
Solution (cont’d): Writing 9 calls will generate $24,187.50:
2 44/64% x $100,000 x 9 = $24,187.50
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Managing Cash Drag A portfolio suffers a cash drag when it is
not fully invested• Cash earns a below-market return and dilutes
the portfolio return
A solution is to go long stock index futures to offset cash holdings
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Managing Cash Drag (cont’d)Example
You are managing a $600 million portfolio. 93% of the portfolio is invested in equity, and 7% is invested in cash. Your equity beta is 1.0. During the last year, the S&P 500 index (your benchmark) earned 8 percent, with cash earning 2.0 percent.
What is the return on your portfolio?
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Managing Cash Drag (cont’d)Example (cont’d)
Solution: The return on your total portfolio is 7.58% (42 basis points below the market return):
(0.93 x 0.08) + (0.07 x 0.02) = 7.58%
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Managing Cash Drag (cont’d)Example (cont’d)
Assume a distant SPX futures contract settles for 1150.00.
How many futures contracts should you buy to make your portfolio behave like a 100 percent equity index fund?