Imagine you are a provider of portfolio insurance. You are establishing a 4-year program. The portfolio you manage is currently worth $122 million, and you hope to provide a minimum return of 0%. The equity portfolio has a standard deviation of 19% per year, and T-bills pay 6% per year. Assume for simplicity that the portfolio pays no dividends (or that all dividends are reinvested).

a-1. How much should be placed in T-bills? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Enter your answer in millions. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)

  T-bills $   million

a-2. How much should be invested in the equity portfolio? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Enter your answer in millions. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)

  Portfolio in equity $   million

b-1. What is the new delta of the portfolio if the portfolio value drops by 6 percent on the first day of trading? (Round your answer to 4 decimal places. Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign.)

  Delta of the portfolio   

b-2. Complete the following (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Enter your answer in millions. Omit the "$" sign in your response.):

Assuming the portfolio does fall by 6%, the manager should (Click to select)sellbuy) ------ $  million in stock.

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