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Jumps and Liquidity in the U.S. Stock Market
Goel, Rohit; Malik, Sheheryar - 2021
We use a new framework to analyze the liquidity trends in the US equity markets, based on the intra-day price trend. The analysis suggests that the proportion of daily price variation explained by jumps (either small or large) is at a historical low. Furthermore while small jumps (which are...
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Long memory and volatility dynamics in the US dollar exchange rate
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Gil-Alana, Luis A. - 2010
particularly interested in volatility modelling and forecasting given their importance for FOREX dealers. Compared with previous …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271381
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Does monetary policy affect stock market uncertainty? : Empirical evidence from the United States
Jovanović, Mario - 2011
This paper investigates the response of US stock market uncertainty to monetary policy of the Federal Reserve Bank. It can be shown that monetary policy significantly Granger-causes stock market confidence. By using monthly closing prices of the V IX as a stock market uncertainty proxy and a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008935254
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The economics of bitcoins : market characteristics and price jumps
Gronwald, Marc - 2014
This paper deals with the economics of Bitcoins in two ways. First, it broadens the discussion on how to capture Bitcoins using economic terms. Center stage in this analysis take the discussion of some unique characteristics of this market as well as the comparison of Bitcoins and gold. Second,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010464707
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Testing for Leverage Effects in the Returns of US Equities
Chorro, Christophe - 2017
This article questions the empirical usefulness of leverage effects to describe the dynamics of equity returns. Relying on both in and out of sample tests we consistently find a weak contribution of leverage effects over the past 25 years of S&P 500 returns. The skewness in the conditional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971911
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Does Monetary Policy Affect Stock Market Uncertainty? Empirical Evidence from the United States
Jovanovic, Mario - 2013
This paper investigates the response of US stock market uncertainty to monetary policy of the Federal Reserve Bank. It can be shown that monetary policy significantly Granger-causes stock market confidence. By using monthly closing prices of the V IX as a stock market uncertainty proxy and a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013093897
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Distinguishing between long-range dependence and deterministic trends
Sibbertsen, Philipp; Venetis, Ioannis - 2003
We provide a method for distinguishing long-range dependence from deterministic trends such as structural breaks. The method is based on the comparison of standard log-periodogram regression estimation of the memory parameter with its tapered counterpart. The difference of these estimators...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010306228
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Distinguishing between long-range dependence and deterministic trends
Sibbertsen, Philipp; Venetis, Ioannis - 2003
We provide a method for distinguishing long-range dependence from deterministic trends such as structural breaks. The method is based on the comparison of standard log-periodogram regression estimation of the memory parameter with its tapered counterpart. The difference of these estimators...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010509839
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Measuring and modeling risk using high-frequency data
Härdle, Wolfgang (contributor);  … - 2008
Measuring and modeling financial volatility is the key to derivative pricing, asset allocation and risk management … the daily or lower frequency volatility can be obtained by summing over squared high-frequency returns.In turn, this so …-called realized volatility can be used for more accurate model evaluation and description of the dynamic and distributional structure …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003727640
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The information content of implied volatilities and model-free volatility expectations: Evidence from options written on individual stocks
Taylor, Stephen J.; Yadav, Pradeep K.; Zhang, Yuanyuan - 2009
The volatility information content of stock options for individual firms is measured using option prices for 149 U ….S. firms and the S&P 100 index. ARCH and regression models are used to compare volatility forecasts defined by historical stock … returns, at-the-money implied volatilities and model-free volatility expectations for every firm. For one-day-ahead estimation …
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