A stock is trading at $80. Your boss holds a delta-hedged portfolio in which he...

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A stock is trading at $80. Your boss holds a delta-hedged portfolio in which he is short a call and long units of the stock. The delta of the call is 0.65 and the gamma of the call is 0.06. How much is the projected change in the value (per share) of his delta-hedged portfolio if the stock registers an unexpected price decrease of $4?

(a) not change. (b) decrease by $0.12. (c) increase by $0.56. (d) decrease by $0.48.

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