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A fund manager has a portfolio worth $50 million with a beta of 0.87. The manager is concerned about the performance of the market over the next two months and plans to use three-month futures contracts on a well-diversified index to hedge its risk. The current index level is 1, 250. one contract is on 250 times the index, the risk-free rate is 6% per annum, and the dividend yield on the index is 3% per annum. The current three-month futures price is 1, 259 What position should the fund manager take to hedge exposure to the market over the next two months?
Calculate the effect of your strategy on the fund manager's returns if the index in two months is 1.000, 1.100, 1, 200, 1, 300, and 1.400. Assume that the one-month futures price is 0.25% higher than the index level at this time.

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