Suppose that the standard deviation of monthly changes in the price of commodity A is $2.The standard deviation of monthly changes in a futures price for a contract on commodity B (which is similar to commodity A)is $3.The correlation between the futures price and the commodity price is 0.9.What hedge ratio should be used when hedging a one month exposure to the price of commodity A?
A) 0.60
B) 0.67
C) 1.45
D) 0.90

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The optimal hedge ratio is 0.9×(2/3)or 0.6.

Suppose That the Standard Deviation of Monthly Changes in the Price