Motivated by the lack of investigation on the behavioral interpretation on the momentum premium, this paper addresses this issue by focusing on the effect of investor sentiment on a sample of the comprehensive Chinese A-share index covering the period from 2006 to 2015. Expect for uncovering the...

The study examined high volatile assets, specifically the currency exchange rate of the open financial market. Takes into consideration the five most traded paired currencies of the global financial market. And observed, generally, the dataset of the unit currency exchange rate exhibit...

Copper plays an important role in the production of technology and portfolios, yet it still faces the consequences of COVID-19. The financial literature that includes copper does so together with other commodities, resulting in reduced coverage of the determinants of this metal, leaving...

Chile and Peru produce 40% of the world’s copper. In parallel, they are both seismic countries, affecting copper stocks and therefore prices. Global warming will increase the demand for copper as well as the number of earthquakes, making it necessary to investigate the relationship between...

Achieving the SDG goals will require enormous financing efforts from governments and the private sector. Green bonds have been emerging as a useful tool to help finance the gap for SDGs and have been expected to deliver some financial advantages. Nevertheless, there has not been strong evidence...

The aim of the study is to investigate the behaviour of the Chinese government bond yield curve before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Its methodology comprises the techniques of time series analysis, correlation analysis and dimensionality reduction. The main empirical results show that in...

Deviations from normality in financial return series have led to the development of alternative portfolio selection models. One such model is the downside risk model, whereby the investor maximizes his return given a downside risk constraint. In this paper we empirically observe the...

Assessments of investors' risk appetite/aversion stance via indicators often yields results which seem unsatisfactory (see e.g. Illing and Aaron (2005)). Understanding how such indicators work therefore seems essential for further improvements. The present paper seeks to contribute to this...

This paper analyzes diversification benefits from international securitized real estate in a mixed-asset context. We apply regression-based mean-variance efficiency tests, conditional on currency-unhedged and fully hedged portfolios to account for foreign exchange risk exposure. From the...

This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of portfolio choice with popular foreign exchange (FX) investment styles such as carry trades and strategies commonly known as FX momentum, and FX value. We investigate if diversification benefits can be achieved by style investing in FX markets...