The Effect of Asymmetries on Optimal Hedge Ratios
There is widespread evidence that the volatility of stock returns displays an asymmetric response to good and bad news. This article considers the impact of asymmetry on time-varying hedges for financial futures. An asymmetric model that allows forecasts of cash and futures return volatility to respond differently to positive and negative return innovations gives superior in-sample hedging performance. However, the simpler symmetric model is not inferior in a hold-out sample. A method for evaluating the models in a modern risk-management framework is presented, highlighting the importance of allowing optimal hedge ratios to be both time-varying and asymmetric.
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2002
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Authors: | Brooks, Chris ; Henry, Olan T. ; Persand, Gita |
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The Journal of Business. - University of Chicago Press. - Vol. 75.2002, 2, p. 333-352
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University of Chicago Press |
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