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7. The correlation between changes in the price of the underlying and a futures contract i...

7. The correlation between changes in the price of the underlying and a futures contract is +80%. The same underlying is correlated with another futures contract with a (negative) correlation of -85%. Which of the two contracts would you prefer for the minimum-variance hedge?

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