## Abstract Foreign exchange hedging ratios are simultaneously estimated alongside freight and commodity ratios in a timeβvarying portfolio framework. Foreign exchange futures are by far the most important derivative instrument used to reduce uncertainty for traders. Our results lend support to the
Commodity futures cross hedging of foreign exchange exposure
β Scribed by Bruce A. Benet
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 962 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-7314
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β¦ Synopsis
Bruce A. Benet 'Although the minimum-variance methodology, as applied to futures hedging, is often attributed to Ederington; earlier work in futures portfolio theory by Johnson (1960) and Stein (1961), as well as the original Markowitz (1952) study, should be credited also.
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Support from the DePaul College of Commerce summer research grants program is gratefully 'Data are obtained from the IMM Yearbook, the CRB Commodity Yearbmk, and The Wall Street 'For a discussion of the various theoretical drawbacks of the mean-variance (risk-minimizing) acknowledged.
ecently a number of authors have examined the hedging performance of R Treasury-bill futures (Ederington, 1979; Franckle, 1980) and foreign currency futures (Dale, 1981; Hi and Schneeweis, 1981, and forthcornin& In order to investigate this question the authors regress the level (or change in the le
T w o recent studies [Hill and Schneeweis (H&S) (forthcoming) and Dale (1981)l
he recent volatility of the Italian lira/US dollar exchange rate introduces a sub-T stantial exchange rate risk for traders and investors with a portfolio including the two currencies. As will be explained later, due to foreign exchange controls in Italy, this risk can be managed using a rather limi