Asymmetry in Hedges, Safe Havens, Flights and Contagion: Unconditional Quantile Regression Approach

We examine the hedging/safe-haven ability of gold, the US dollar, bonds, crude oil, and Bitcoin against stocks using the unconditional quantile regression (UQR). We reveal that hedging (safe-haven) effect generally decreases (increases) with the quantiles of asset returns and find an asymmetric flig...

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Published in:SAGE open 2023-10, Vol.13 (4)
Main Authors: Chang, Meng-Shiuh, Chen, Meng-Wei, Ju, Peijie
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Language:English
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Summary:We examine the hedging/safe-haven ability of gold, the US dollar, bonds, crude oil, and Bitcoin against stocks using the unconditional quantile regression (UQR). We reveal that hedging (safe-haven) effect generally decreases (increases) with the quantiles of asset returns and find an asymmetric flight from stocks to the US dollar as well as asymmetric stock-gold, stock-bond, and stock-oil contagion. Finally, we find a connection between the asymmetric safe haven and asymmetric cross-asset flights/contagion. Therefore, investors seeking hedging and safe-haven assets and investigating flights or contagion should consider the feature of extremes of assets returns. JEL: C13; G11; G14
ISSN:2158-2440
2158-2440
DOI:10.1177/21582440231208536