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Problem 286 of 333MediumLinear AlgebraP286
Counting factor-neutral portfolios
Four stocks have market betas 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0. You want long-short portfolios (dollar weights) that are dollar neutral, , and beta neutral, .
(a) What is the dimension of the set of such portfolios? Give a basis.
(b) A risk model covers 500 stocks. Each stock has a market beta and belongs to exactly one of 11 sectors. You require dollar neutrality, beta neutrality and zero net exposure to each sector, which is 13 linear constraints. How many dimensions of portfolios are left?
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