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Minimizing the Risk of a Financial Product Using a Put Option

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  • Griselda Deelstra
  • Michèle Vanmaele
  • David Vyncke

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In this article, we elaborate a method for determining the optimal strike price for a put option, used to hedge a position in a financial product such as a basket of shares and a bond. This strike price is optimal in the sense that it minimizes, for a given budget, a class of risk measures satisfying certain properties. Formulas are derived for one single underlying as well as for a weighted sum of underlyings. For the latter we will consider two cases depending on the dependence structure of the components in this weighted sum. Applications and numerical results are presented.

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  • Griselda Deelstra & Michèle Vanmaele & David Vyncke, 2010. "Minimizing the Risk of a Financial Product Using a Put Option," Journal of Risk & Insurance, The American Risk and Insurance Association, vol. 77(4), pages 767-800, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jrinsu:v:77:y:2010:i:4:p:767-800
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6975.2010.01365.x
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