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Should Investor invest in both future and spot market? : An Analysis through Optimal Hedge Ratio

Asian Business Review

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Title Should Investor invest in both future and spot market? : An Analysis through Optimal Hedge Ratio
 
Creator Jose, Babu; Department of Commerce, St. Thomas College, Pala, Kerala, INDIA
Lazar, D.; Department of Commerce, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, INDIA
 
Subject Hedge Ratio, Futures Market, Spot Market, Causal Relationship
 
Description This study is to estimate optimal hedge ratio with the variables from Indian futures and spot market and also nineteen individual stock prices. Diagonal VEC-GARCH model is used for the period from June 2000 to June 2011. The Empirical results confirm that there is effective risk sharing and hedging processes in Indian futures market. It is also found that Indian futures and spot markets have strong causal relationship; which allows the trader to make perfect arbitrage process and hedge their risks.
 
Publisher Asian Business Consortium
 
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Date 2015-03-03
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://journals.abc.us.org/index.php/abr/article/view/Jose
10.18034/abr.v1i1.333
 
Source Asian Business Review; Vol 1, No 1 (2012): Inaugural Issue; 21-29
2305-8730
2304-2613
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://journals.abc.us.org/index.php/abr/article/view/Jose/239
 
Rights Copyright (c) 2015 Babu Jose, D. Lazar
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0