The predictive performance of commodity futures risk factors

Ahmed, Shamim and Tsvetanov, Daniel (2016) The predictive performance of commodity futures risk factors. Journal of Banking and Finance, 71 . pp. 20-36. ISSN 1872-6372

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Abstract

This paper investigates the time-series predictability of commodity futures excess returns from factor models that exploit two risk factors – the equally weighted average excess return on long positions in a universe of futures contracts and the return difference between the high- and low-basis portfolios. Adopting a standard set of statistical evaluation metrics, we find weak evidence that the factor models provide out-of-sample forecasts of monthly excess returns significantly better than the benchmark of random walk with drift model. We also show, in a dynamic asset allocation environment, that the information contained in the commodity-based risk factors does not generate systematic economic value to risk-averse investors pursuing a commodity stand-alone strategy or a diversification strategy.

Item Type: Article
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/974541
Keywords: Commodity markets; Futures pricing; Out-of-sample predictability; Economic value; Time series; Econometric models
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Social Sciences > Nottingham University Business School
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2016.06.011
Depositing User: Fuller, Stella
Date Deposited: 17 Oct 2016 07:44
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 20:00
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/37591

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