Contemporary and long-run correlations: A covariance component model and studies on the S&P 500 cash and futures markets
✍ Scribed by Lee, Gary G. J.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 237 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-7314
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✦ Synopsis
In this article, a multivariate component model for conditional asset return covariance is developed as an extension to the univariate volatility component model of Engle & Lee (1999). The conditional covariance now is decomposed into a long-run (trend) component and a short-run (transitory) component. Through the decomposition, relationships like the long-run correlation and volatility copersistence can be studied solely upon examining the long-run trend of the conditional covariance. The decomposition also has important implications in studying portfolio hedging problems such as the multi-period minimum-variance hedging for long-term portfolio management. The empirical study in this article focuses on estimating the covariance component structure between the S&P 500 cash and futures markets and their contemporary and long-run correlation relationship and the volatility copersistence relationship.