Portfolio insurance is a type of hedging which is a dynamic investment strategy that is designed to guarantee the portfolio value at maturity or up to maturity to be greater or equal to a given lower bond (floor). We analyse the efficiency and the performance of option-based portfolio insurance, by employing two strategies to determine the numbers of stocks, put options, bond value and call options in such a way that the floor value is always protected. Furthermore, we compare the insured versus the non-insured portfolio value.
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