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How to reduce the extreme risk of losses in corn and soybean markets? Construction of a portfolio with European stock indices

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  • Dejan Živkov

    (Department of Economics, Novi Sad School of Business, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia)

  • Biljana Stankov

    (Department of Economics, Novi Sad School of Business, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia)

  • Nataša Papić-Blagojević

    (Department of Economics, Novi Sad School of Business, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia)

  • Jelena Damnjanović

    (Department of Economics, Novi Sad School of Business, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia)

  • Željko Račić

    (Department of Economics, Novi Sad School of Business, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia)

Abstract

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, agricultural commodities had significant price increases, which inevitably implies high risk. In this article, we try to mitigate the extreme risk of corn and soybeans by constructing multivariate portfolios with developed and emerging European stock indices. We measured extreme risk via conditional value at risk. To address different goals that investors might prefer, we produced portfolios with the lowest risk and highest return-to-risk ratio. According to the results, corn and soybeans had relatively high portfolio shares. However, they are the riskiest assets because they have a very low pairwise correlation with the stock indices. Portfolios with emerging European indices had better risk-reducing results, considering both agricultural commodities because these indices are less risky than developed indices. In particular, the risk reductions of corn were 38% and 50% in the portfolios with developed and emerging stock indices, respectively, whereas, for soybeans, the results were 28% and 41%, respectively. In optimal portfolios, emerging European stock indices had the upper hand in most cases.

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  • Dejan Živkov & Biljana Stankov & Nataša Papić-Blagojević & Jelena Damnjanović & Željko Račić, 2023. "How to reduce the extreme risk of losses in corn and soybean markets? Construction of a portfolio with European stock indices," Agricultural Economics, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 69(3), pages 109-118.
    • Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:69:y:2023:i:3:id:371-2022-agricecon
    DOI: 10.17221/371/2022-AGRICECON
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