Cryptocurrencies: Hedging Opportunities From Domestic Perspectives in Southeast Asia Emerging Markets

Previous studies have shown that cryptocurrencies could hedge equities. However, most of those studies did not take into account the recent cryptocurrencies bubbles in 2018 and domestic currencies. Therefore, this research aimed to study whether the hedge effectiveness of cryptocurrencies still exis...

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Published in:SAGE open 2020-10, Vol.10 (4)
Main Authors: Susilo, Didik, Wahyudi, Sugeng, Pangestuti, Irene Rini Demi, Nugroho, Bayu Adi, Robiyanto, Robiyanto
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Language:English
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Digital currencies
Emerging markets
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Summary:Previous studies have shown that cryptocurrencies could hedge equities. However, most of those studies did not take into account the recent cryptocurrencies bubbles in 2018 and domestic currencies. Therefore, this research aimed to study whether the hedge effectiveness of cryptocurrencies still exists. This research used five cryptocurrencies (bitcoin, ethereum, monero, ripple, and litecoin), equity indices (Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, and the Philippines), and iShares ETF MSCI World (developed world). Commodities-based hedging using iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust was also analyzed as a comparison. The asymmetric generalized dynamic conditional correlation (AG-DCC) GARCH showed that one cryptocurrency could not significantly and consistently hedge equities while five equally weighted cryptocurrencies could marginally hedge equities. Meanwhile, the classical minimum variance model also showed that the hedge effectiveness of cryptocurrencies was insignificantly positive. Equity traders could add cryptocurrencies into portfolios when the purpose was to maximize the Sharpe ratio instead of hedging. Overall, commodities were the better hedge for Southeast Asia emerging markets.
ISSN:2158-2440
2158-2440
DOI:10.1177/2158244020971609