Optimal hedge ratio
correlation(y,x)×[std.dev.(y)std.dev.(x)]correlation(y,x)×[std.dev.(y)std.dev.(x)]correlation(y,x)×[std.dev.(y)std.dev.(x)]Could someone please explain the intuition re :Optimal hedge ratio =...
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