Finance Derivative homework 1 question

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HPRs
TSX MSCI USA Unhedged Hedged
Date in C$ In US$ US$ US$
1/31/02 -0.004362107 -0.0141019086 -0.0038213368 0.0002255215
2/28/02 -0.0003742241 -0.019525914 0.0089925795 0.000182367
3/29/02 0.0301509003 0.0372887259 -0.0056715488 0.0001869741
4/30/02 -0.0233730308 -0.0648573452 -0.0161088128 0.0002507208
5/31/02 0.0004419109 -0.007438094 -0.0265655858 0.0004332038
6/28/02 -0.064554355 -0.0762089972 -0.0046465969 0.0006413613
7/31/02 -0.0746793699 -0.0718881919 0.0416858439 0.0007166809
8/30/02 0.0022174812 0.0047604594 -0.0153380042 0.0008584233
9/30/02 -0.0629425065 -0.1128414972 0.0167948718 0.0009487179
10/31/02 0.0121231254 0.0908375112 -0.0130500567 0.000857395
11/29/02 0.0527665061 0.0601941755 0.0007026509 0.0009453849
12/31/02 0.0091397332 -0.0603897036 0.0084258905 0.0011872846
1/31/03 -0.0054126604 -0.0241492126 -0.0305101912 0.0012153437
2/28/03 -0.0002108557 -0.0152201879 -0.0272917211 0.001142596
3/31/03 -0.0297464436 0.0093123821 -0.0126527051 0.0013827359
4/30/03 0.0390634751 0.0835486759 -0.0247119209 0.0015228254
5/30/03 0.0432039906 0.0536558396 -0.0427296807 0.0017984107
6/30/03 0.0205498415 0.0123944538 -0.0105949174 0.0016529527
7/31/03 0.0400908176 0.0185699019 0.0364305428 0.0020091996
8/29/03 0.0362565345 0.0187639068 -0.0149831351 0.0017539499
9/30/03 -0.010009927 -0.0115437399 -0.0271780269 0.0014562232
10/31/03 0.0484189354 0.0570827433 -0.0232687391 0.0014746749
11/28/03 0.0124681356 0.0096816398 -0.0137703426 0.0014263495
12/31/03 0.048320447 0.0519631817 -0.0058850681 0.0014847296
1/30/04 0.0375358735 0.0181170429 0.0295221513 0.0014006578
2/27/04 0.0324306608 0.0121334693 0.0085312688 0.0012101624
3/31/04 -0.021079013 -0.0158823437 -0.0204956214 0.0010657723
4/30/04 -0.0389019781 -0.0153536096 0.0464143047 0.0009815484
5/31/04 0.0225485611 0.0133019576 -0.0077440465 0.0008652972
6/30/04 0.0172819809 0.0188912968 -0.0174776491 0.0008280815
7/30/04 -0.0092407012 -0.0340486171 -0.0087637516 0.000611598
8/31/04 -0.0080985164 0.00512022 -0.0085778781 0.0004815651
9/30/04 0.0367017495 0.0109803691 -0.039503643 0.0004022465
10/29/04 0.0243694955 0.0152926089 -0.0361897989 0.0004503971
11/30/04 0.01940965 0.0411218627 -0.025169092 0.0005083009
12/31/04 0.0264268579 0.0350537406 0.0076531685 0.000336403
1/31/05 -0.0039804354 -0.0247566353 0.0355548137 0.0002003088
2/28/05 0.0517281981 0.0208553143 -0.0093088858 0
3/31/05 -0.0037806451 -0.0159713656 -0.015741946 -0.0000569476
4/29/05 -0.0238039383 -0.0180676611 0.0372773484 -0.0002149027
5/31/05 0.02689734 0.0326910471 -0.0006374756 -0.0004462329
6/30/05 0.0332752529 0.0025060683 -0.0234023043 -0.0005262528
7/29/05 0.053116143 0.0375739594 0.0009389288 -0.0006694971
8/31/05 0.0250403692 -0.0092856318 -0.0308740161 -0.0008320078
9/30/05 0.0341335554 0.0085687404 -0.0231461998 -0.0008669304
10/31/05 -0.0565044453 -0.0164050058 0.0163277615 -0.0008443908
11/30/05 0.0441778369 0.0404071494 -0.0093255903 -0.0008562587
12/30/05 0.0441189565 0.0005614527 -0.0003423046 -0.0009413376
1/31/06 0.0606128 0.0272947893 -0.021272953 -0.0009159783
2/28/06 -0.0201631185 0.001014709 -0.0046794367 -0.000787195
3/31/06 0.0390066294 0.0128255969 0.0251768531 -0.0007293818
4/28/06 0.0088918563 0.0131822858 -0.0394736842 -0.0008486199
5/31/06 -0.03564226 -0.0295902745 -0.0174914105 -0.0008210254
6/30/06 -0.0082026716 0.0011216877 0.0101276171 -0.0007902266
7/31/06 0.0203113935 0.0033390691 0.0163204748 -0.0009621437
8/31/06 0.0226394011 0.0241568052 -0.0181375802 -0.0009643884
9/29/06 -0.023204599 0.0254574262 0.0053165127 -0.0008920928
10/31/06 0.050939695 0.034173984 0.0043024246 -0.0008784117
11/30/06 0.035206434 0.0198441059 0.0192333437 -0.0008657236
12/29/06 0.0149754739 0.012145004 0.0190017513 -0.0009457093
1/31/07 0.0115350767 0.0181223338 0.0143507777 -0.0009108877
2/28/07 0.002538518 -0.0182894682 -0.006650288 -0.0008048119
3/30/07 0.0117487092 0.01081526 -0.0161187156 -0.0009381263
4/30/07 0.0206678536 0.0428660604 -0.0420404802 -0.0008754822
5/31/07 0.049913912 0.0350197922 -0.0326200063 -0.0009229516
6/29/07 -0.0081785504 -0.0167205052 -0.0050042091 -0.0009540735
7/31/07 -0.0012656309 -0.0309531878 0.003760282 -0.000733255
8/31/07 -0.0129420908 0.0151847678 -0.0092718333 -0.000786701
9/28/07 0.0345581668 0.0379580774 -0.0606418679 -0.000623907
10/31/07 0.0390961581 0.0168522856 -0.0441783234 -0.000301902
11/30/07 -0.0621557246 -0.0422109765 0.052432091 -0.0000736997
12/31/07 0.0133697704 -0.0057099236 -0.012655062 -0.0004001601
1/31/08 -0.0471755874 -0.0606901181 0.0215309793 -0.0003951568
2/29/08 0.0344649604 -0.0310894745 -0.0285657608 0.0007934934
3/31/08 -0.0143029802 -0.0036834963 0.0476312028 0.0005411476
4/30/08 0.0459751618 0.0494975115 -0.0184688855 0.0006140052
5/30/08 0.0579367241 0.0159566464 -0.0133055307 0.000278026
6/30/08 -0.0141486142 -0.0815062181 0.0209821878 0.0004629164
7/31/08 -0.0586024707 -0.0114366253 0.0108422453 0.0004336898
8/29/08 0.0154412309 0.0136967908 0.0334454683 0.0004290381
9/30/08 -0.1444585898 -0.0917258515 0.0031608246 0.0004340237
10/31/08 -0.166688091 -0.1710158728 0.143575997 -0.0017118134
11/28/08 -0.0473641023 -0.0737851779 0.0208496114 0.0003947855
12/31/08 -0.0263918903 0.0129661973 -0.0053980019 0.000056397
1/30/09 -0.0296107886 -0.0814663144 0.0043337384 0.0005184285
2/27/09 -0.0631082902 -0.102490145 0.0233899262 0.0003871436
3/31/09 0.0778863224 0.0856889499 -0.0084328329 0.0000315246
4/30/09 0.0726089294 0.0960180217 -0.0556769861 -0.0000715336
5/29/09 0.1146323662 0.0550189698 -0.0776870634 -0.0001346688
6/30/09 0.0034419186 0.0022632108 0.0598193101 -0.0002007666
7/31/09 0.0421771993 0.0753768183 -0.0691006157 -0.000180824
8/31/09 0.0094698464 0.0347797814 0.0158634724 -0.0001109981
9/30/09 0.0514130302 0.0387893774 -0.0227179604 -0.0000273162
10/30/09 -0.0404337098 -0.0193700061 0.0036336532 -0.0000465853
11/30/09 0.051548086 0.0594935024 -0.0213052358 -0.0000092833
12/31/09 0.0292587899 0.0205995728 -0.0055963955 0.0000094854
1/29/10 -0.0534787907 -0.0350799989 0.0163590404 -0.0000286164
2/26/10 0.0497297051 0.030861947 -0.0080244017 0.0000469263
3/31/10 0.0380793891 0.0598854842 -0.0401154265 0.0000473059
4/30/10 0.0166564357 0.0160232002 -0.0016756197 0.0000098566
5/31/10 -0.0347820206 -0.0806271717 0.0360369255 -0.0000888582
6/30/10 -0.0371355523 -0.0531759998 0.0126745128 0.0000762377
7/30/10 0.0395892939 0.0698896774 -0.0307721263 0.0001882087
8/31/10 0.0189689203 -0.0444192839 0.0353415214 0.0003592407
9/30/10 0.0408814969 0.0909166349 -0.0379800253 0.0004688892
10/29/10 0.027104933 0.0393794876 -0.0080421114 0.000682361
11/30/10 0.0237035349 0.0011152362 0.0093356918 0.000668239
12/31/10 0.040908611 0.0668766681 -0.0325674228 0.0006328498
1/31/11 0.0098614004 0.0239762851 0.0066421778 0.0006340261
2/28/11 0.0443684469 0.0335271648 -0.0256935766 0.0005698575
3/31/11 0.0012460065 0.0011900944 -0.0018470063 0.0006361911
4/29/11 -0.0102170503 0.0305998839 -0.0245695194 0.0006579286
5/31/11 -0.0086739138 -0.0108402931 0.0210781472 0.0006955789
6/30/11 -0.0333023445 -0.0169553795 -0.0038705682 0.0008257212
7/29/11 -0.0249834701 -0.0194775737 -0.0113459745 0.0007771215
8/31/11 -0.0120880672 -0.0553118916 0.0248388618 0.0006602735
9/30/11 -0.0866141553 -0.0719236527 0.0656542414 0.0007465358
10/31/11 0.0560705394 0.1098657618 -0.0468307663 0.000758121
11/30/11 -0.0021122077 -0.002741676 0.023659703 0.0006946892
12/30/11 -0.0169901014 0.0094670676 0.0014752889 0.0007868208