You would like to hold a protective put position on the stock of Avalon Corporation to lock in a guaranteed minimum value of $50 at year-end. Avalon currently sells for $50. Over the next year, the stock price will increase by 10% or decrease by 10%. The T-bill rate is 5%. Unfortunately, no put options are traded on Avalon Co. Suppose the desired put options with X = 50 were traded. What would be the hedge ratio for the option?

Jimmy's delicatessen sells large tins of tom tucker's toffee. the deli uses a periodic review system, checking inventory levels every 88 days, at which time an order is placed for more tins. order lead time is 22 days. daily demand is a constant 1515 tins, so average demand during the reorder period and order lead time (1010 days) is 150150 tins. draw a sawtooth diagram. assume that the beginning inventory level is equal to the restocking level and the desired service level is 99.9%. what is the safety stock level? (hint: look at the formula for calculating restocking level.) what is the average inventory level? the safety stock level is average inventory level is __chart: time (10,20,30), tins (0,150) lines touching both axisthe safety stock level is 0 tinsthe average inventory level is 75 tins