A note on the intraday and intraweek patterns in premiums of exchange-traded funds: evidence from Hong Kong

The Tracker Fund of Hong Kong, the first launched exchange-traded fund in Asia except Japan, aims to track the performance of the Hang Seng Index. This article examines the fund's characteristic via investigating the intraday and intraweek patterns of the fund's premiums. Empirical results...

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Published in:Applied economics letters 2010-06, Vol.17 (8), p.753-760
Main Authors: Tang, Gordon Y. N., Wong, Karen H. Y.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Economic analysis
Exchange traded funds
Fund management
Hong Kong
Indexes
Portfolio analysis
Portfolio performance
Stock returns
Studies
Volatility
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Summary:The Tracker Fund of Hong Kong, the first launched exchange-traded fund in Asia except Japan, aims to track the performance of the Hang Seng Index. This article examines the fund's characteristic via investigating the intraday and intraweek patterns of the fund's premiums. Empirical results suggest that no such patterns exist on the mean premium. However, a weak intraweek pattern is found for the volatility of premium and the number of transactions. Furthermore, for all measures except the mean premium, we find that a significant intraday pattern with a double-U shape or a W-shape exists.
ISSN:1350-4851
1466-4291
DOI:10.1080/13504850802314429