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A note on minimum riskiness hedge ratio

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  • Ehsani, Sina
  • Lien, Donald

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This note incorporates the riskiness indexes of Aumann and Serrano (2008) and Foster and Hart (2009) into the futures hedging framework. It is shown that the minimum FH riskiness hedge strategy does not exist whereas the minimum AS riskiness hedge ratio tends to be smaller than the conventional minimum variance hedge ratio. Empirical results using daily spot and futures prices of S&P500 and FTSE100 indices over the 2009 to 2013 period support the theoretical prediction.

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  • Ehsani, Sina & Lien, Donald, 2015. "A note on minimum riskiness hedge ratio," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 15(C), pages 11-17.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:finlet:v:15:y:2015:i:c:p:11-17
    DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2015.05.002
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    Keywords

    Economic index of riskiness; Operational measure of riskiness; Hedge ratio;
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    JEL classification:

    • G10 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)
    • G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
    • G13 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Contingent Pricing; Futures Pricing
    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill

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