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  • Archived

    Effective: 1 December, 2013 - 31 December, 2019
    Categories: Leverage/Derivatives
    Source: GIPS Executive Committee

    Do the GIPS standards include an example of how to value a portfolio that includes both long and short futures? Please provide an example for how to calculate a return for a portfolio that includes both long and short futures.

    At the beginning of the period the portfolio consists of $130 long stocks and $30 short stocks. Then beginning value of the total portfolio is $100 (= $130 – $30). If long stocks become $142 and short stocks become $27 at the end, then ending value of the total portfolio is $115 (= $142 – $27) and there are no external cash flows for the period.

    R = (115 – 100) / 100 = 15%

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