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-of-sample predictive power of indicators. The forecasting results suggest that models based on FX options are inferior to the random walk … in terms of the forecasting error, confirming a stylized fact about the short-term forecasting of exchange rates. Yet, we … change of the exchange rate. -- Options ; implied volatility ; risk-neutral density ; exchange rate forecasting ; Bayesian …
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Participants in the maritime industry place much interest in the Forward Freight Agreements (FFA/FFAs), being an indispensable tool for hedging shipping freight risk. Our paper innovates by directly comparing the FFA predictions with their actual future settlement prices as well as by examining...
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We extend the analysis of Christoffersen and Diebold (1998) on long-run forecasting in cointegrated systems to …, this new loss function entails high and increasing forecasting gains compared to both the standard MSFE criterion and …
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provide a theoretical justification of the use of random subspace methods and show their usefulness when forecasting monthly …
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, inflation expectations, exchange rate changes and stock market volatility among others. Hence, forecasting the price of gold is … allows both the forecasting model and the coefficients to change over time. Based on this framework, we systematically … measure of the forecasting performance. We carefully assess which predictors are relevant for forecasting at different points …
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This paper evaluates the predictability of WTI light sweet crude oil futures by using the variance risk premium, i.e. the difference between model-free measures of implied and realized volatilities. Additional regressors known for their ability to explain crude oil futures prices are also...
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agreed. In short, forecasting inflation is of foremost importance to households, businesses, and policymakers. In 2016, the …
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In 2016 the Central Bank of Argentina began to announce inflation targets. In this context, providing authorities with good estimates of relevant macroeconomic variables is crucial for making pertinent corrections in order to reach the desired policy goals. This paper develops a group of models...
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reversion and assume that relative prices are unchanged. Direct forecasting or panel data techniques are better than the random …
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