This paper investigates the relation between returns on stock indices and their corresponding futures contracts in order to evaluate potential explanations for the pervasive yet anomalous evidence of positive, short-horizon portfolio autocorrelations. Using a simple theoretical framework, we...

This paper examines the lead-lag relationship between the Istanbul Stock Exchange 30 (ISE 30) Index and index futures prices at the Turkish Derivatives Exchange using daily observations from February 2005 to May 2008. It is found out that spot prices lead the futures prices for ISE 30 Index...

Previous studies on the efficiency of oiI and gas markets have used monthly, weekly, or daily data. With the fast evolving, high-speed transaction globalized financial markets; efficiency of markets is better-explored using intraday day. In this paper, data sampled at 30-minute intervals...

We develop a methodology for index tracking and risk exposure control using financial derivatives. Under a continuous-time diffusion framework for price evolution, we present a pathwise approach to construct dynamic portfolios of derivatives in order to gain exposure to an index and/or market...

I present evidence that transactions of the stock futures of a flawed market index cause mispricing in individual stocks. In particular, I analyze whether stocks overweighted on the index are mispriced, especially when market movements driven by futures trading are observed. To detect such...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the tracking error of leveraged and inverse ETFs. Single-day tracking performances of the Taiwan 50 Bull 2X ETF and Taiwan 50 Bear -1X ETF were tested to investigate whether there are structural changes of tracking performances during the bull and bear...

Option prices are sensitive to changes in volatility whereas futures prices are not. We investigate this distinction empirically and test the hypothesis that investors with information about future returns (volatilities) will prefer to trade in futures (options) because futures (options) protect...

One of the most important issues that have engaged the financial managers and the academicians in Finance all over the world is the financial markets volatility and the need to forecast it accurately. The stock prices depend on the investment behavior which, in turn, is affected by the...

For the first time in the Turkish stock market, the width of the zero arbitrage band for BIST 30 stock index arbitrage is measured and decomposed into distinct contributions arising from commissions, fees, bid/offer spreads and stock loan costs. This study also extends the literature of stock...

VIX futures and CDX indices are investigated for their value as forward looking indicators. The method used is empirical, using market data from exchanges and websites like CBOE and Markit. The conclusion is that their predicting power is not so solid, especially if there are unknown external shocks