我国期货市场亟需期货投资基金

我国期货行业自进入21世纪以来取得了飞速发展,无论品种规模还是成交量都已位居世界前列,然而,在国外已经成为期货市场主力的期货投资基金在我国却难觅其踪。期货投资基金可以优化和改善投资组合,规避股市系统性风险,实现专家理财保护中小投资者利益。实际上,从市场规模、运作现状、风险控制、资金充裕度以及证券投资基金在我国发展的成功经验来看,我国已基本具备设立期货投资基金的基础。但期货投资基金毕竟是一个高风险的投资工具,国内对它的研究还比较薄弱,法律体系和监管机制仍待完善,产品的种类和活跃程度仍待加强,在基金公司的设立方式上仍需谨慎选择,对于期货投资基金亟需的高端综合型人才的培养都是我国急需解决的问题。     

Futures markets,private storage,and price stabilization

This paper considers several issues pertaining to the role of an efficient futures market for price stabilization. The main aspect which is emphasized is the provision of information by such a market. It provides efficient forecasts which facilitates both production and storage decisions, as a result of which the stability of spot prices is generally increased. The allocation of the benefits from a futures market to the various groups in the economy is discussed andthe present results related to those of the more traditional buffer stock literature. Finally, the degree of stability provided by a futures market is compared with that obtained by active market intervention by a stabilization authority.     

Covariance breakdowns and connectedness of crude oil futures markets with non-synchronous data

ABSTRACT

This article identifies the breakdowns in the covariance of three benchmark crude oil futures markets (WTI, Brent and Dubai) and investigates the changes of market connectedness across the breakdown periods. As the crude oil futures are traded in different regions, this article eliminates the non-synchronous trading data by employing the Vector Moving Average structure and the Bayesian data augmentation approach, which keeps the integrity of original data without changing its properties. The results show that there are significant breaks in the covariance structure of crude oil futures markets. The breakdown periods are consistent with the periods when the market volatilities are at high level and the returns are volatile. The changes of market connectedness are independent of the covariance states, which supports the globalization hypothesis for the crude oil market. The results also suggest that there is more information flow out of the WTI than to the WTI during the sample period, particularly during the breakdown periods in 2008–2009.     

THE LEAD–LAG RELATION BETWEEN THE S&P500 SPOT AND FUTURES MARKETS: AN INTRADAY-DATA ANALYSIS USING A THRESHOLD REGRESSION MODEL

In this paper we examine the lead–lag interaction between the futures and spot markets of the S&P500 using the threshold regression model on intraday data. The use of threshold variables to model the changes in the regression structure with respect to different market conditions enables us to investigate the lead–lag interaction in a data-based approach and avoid stratifying the data arbitrarily. Using the basis as the threshold variable, we find that the short-selling restrictions in the spot market reduce the effect of the spot index as the leading variable. To study the effect of market-wide information on the interaction between the spot and futures markets, we use the coefficient of determination in the regression of the S&P500 on the Morgan–Stanley Composite Index-US and the Major Market Index as the threshold variable. We find that the lead effect of the futures market over the spot market is stronger when there is more market-wide information. On the other hand, the lead effect of the cash market over the futures market is weaker when there is more market-wide information. In addition, we also use the lagged 45-min return of the spot market as the threshold variable. We find that the lead effect of the spot market is stronger in periods of directionless trading than in periods of good or bad markets.     

中国亟待创建期货投资基金

如何加快期货创新步伐,以十五规划提出的“稳步发展期货市场”为宗旨,推动我国期货市场的持续健康发展,以适应国民经济发展的需要,已经成为当前的一项重要课题,其中积极培育机构投资者,发展期货投资基金是创新发展的一项重要选择。     

Forecasts of the managed futures market – an empirical analysis

Alternative investments, including managed futures, are primarily intended for institutional investors and for very wealthy individual investors. It therefore seems logical to assume, that the increase of wealth on a global scale can be a factor impacting the value of transactions in individual segments of the alternative-investment market. The purpose of this article is to indicate the factors affecting growth of managed futures transactions. Another research goal is to answer the question: Does the increase of wealth on a global scale affect the value of the managed futures transactions? The article will also present short-term forecasts of the transactions on the managed futures market for the years 2015–2017. The forecasts which will be constructed are meant to present possible scenarios of the market’s further development. Evolution of the alternative investment segment leads to development of those categories, which fulfil the expectations of market participants and meet the requirement and expiration of the remaining investments which do not attract investors and are no longer accepted by them.     

Momentum and reversals in Taiwan index futures returns during periods of extreme trading imbalance

The study analyzes the relation between a trading imbalance metric that captures data observable by investors, and future momentum and reversals in Taiwan index futures returns. Standard regression analyses do not show any significant dynamic relations between daily index futures returns and the trading imbalance, regardless of whether the trading imbalance metric is lagged, contemporaneous, or leads the index futures return. However, when the analyses are focused on periods with extreme trading imbalances I find that the daily index futures returns exhibit significant reversals following periods of extreme (low) trading imbalances and low returns. I also find some evidence of residual momentum in consecutive daily index futures returns following periods of extreme (high) trading imbalances and high returns. Trading simulation, directional accuracy, and market timing tests show these effects to be economically significant, even after accounting for transaction costs.     

股指期货对股票市场投资主体的影响分析

股指期货的推出是我国资本市场壮大发展的推动力,也是我国资本市场的一场革命。它的推出对股票市场投资主体的投资理念、投资结构、投资策略和投资行为等方面都会产生巨大的影响,研究这些影响对于投资者在新环境下转变投资理念、投资策略等具有一定的理论价值和现实意义,对进一步完善我国资本市场体系也有着积极的作用。     

Trading with Tigers: A Technical Analysis of Southeast Asian Stock Index Futures

ABSTRACT

Our paper examines the profitability of technical trading rules in Southeast Asian (SEA) ‘tiger cub’ stock index futures markets during and after the global financial crisis (GFC) of 2007/2008. Using daily closing price data from 2007 to 2012, we explore technical trading rules such as exponential moving averages (EMA (20), EMA (100), EMA (20,100)) and moving average convergence divergence (MACD) in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand. The findings reveal that after applying trading rules that account for transaction costs and risk, abnormal profits cannot be achieved above a naı¨ve ‘buy-and-hold’ strategy (with the exception of EMA (100) and EMA (20,100) in Indonesia, and EMA (20,100) in both the Philippines and Thailand). There appears to be some degree of success with the application of longer-term trading rules; however, unless transaction costs can be reduced, investors are best advised to pursue passive investment approaches. Despite the economic uncertainty associated with the GFC and ongoing market volatility, it appears that SEA tiger cub stock index futures markets are weak-form efficient.     

Exploiting volatility movements in the Sydney futures exchange's bank bill contract

An appropriate stochastic model was fitted to one year of data on the implied volatility of options on 90 day bank accepted bill futures contracts traded in the Sydney Futures Exchange. The model used was ARIMA augmented with day of the week variables, an option time to maturity variable, and recent values of historic volatility. The high ex-post predictive accuracy of the model was then employed as the central element of a strategy of buy low/sell high volatility.We employed two trading schemes with suitably constructed Delta neutral portfolios comprising bill futures and call and put options on those futures over a period of six months, to test whether speculative trading profit could be earned. The existence of trading profits before transaction costs validated the potential of the buy low/sell high volatility strategies to generate speculative profits. The absence of any such trading profits after transaction costs however, showed that the market pricing of these securities is such that the dependencies within implied volatility cannot be profitably exploited.This result may be interpreted as evidence supporting an hypothesis of a semi-strong form of market efficiency.     

中国棕榈油期货价格发现效率变动——基于ECM模型的实证

大商所的棕榈油期货价格发现功能对棕榈油最大进口国的中国来说意义重大。文章回答了＂大商所棕榈油期货是否具有价格发现功能＂这一疑问。选择代表性强的合约为研究对象,采用ECM模型分三个阶段研究了不同时期我国棕榈油期货市场的价格发现效率。结果发现我国棕榈油期货市场正逐步走向成熟,目前已具备价格发现的功能并且价格发现有效率。     

我国引入股指期货交易的意义及可行性分析

到目前为止,我国股市仅有现货交易,却没有有效的风险回避机制,这必将影响到我国股市健康发展。因此,当前开发我国股指期货交易可以回避股市系统风险,增加市场流动性,促进股价合理波动,从而增强证券市场的竞争力。同时,在我国已经形成了较为完善的交易和监管体系,并拥有了相当规模的投资群体,开办股指期货的市场条件已具备。     

Calendar anomalies in cash and stock index futures: International evidence

This paper examines calendar anomalies (day-of-the-week and monthly seasonal effects) in cash and stock index futures returns. We consider daily data from FTSE100 (UK), FTSE/ASE-20 (Greece), S&P500 (US) and Nasdaq100 (US) spot and future indexes over the period 2004–2011. We employ a Regime-Switching specification which allows us to distinguish between different regimes corresponding to high and low volatile periods. The results show differences in the seasonal patterns in cash and futures indexes due to the existence of basis risk. Calendar effects are also conditioned to the market situation. During a low volatile situation these calendar effects tend to be positive, but these effects turn negative if the market is under a high volatile period. These findings are recommended to financial risk managers dealing with futures markets.     

非同步交易下股指期货与股票市场开收盘收益率间引导关系的实证研究

运用Granger因果检验、脉冲响应函数分析和方差分解,基于819组5分钟高频数据,对沪深300股指期货及其股票指数的开盘价格、收盘价格之间的引导关系进行检验。结果表明:期货市场与股票市场的开盘收益率相互引导;期货市场收盘收益率引导现货市场的收盘收益率和第二天开盘收益率;期货市场受自身和现货市场新息的冲击;现货市场受自身新息的冲击较大;期货市场对现货市场新息的变动更敏感;期货与现货的开盘收益率变化的总方差主要来自于现货市场,期货与现货的收盘收益率变化的总方差主要来自于期货市场。     

Futures Contracts in Water Leasing: An Experimental Analysis Using Basin Characteristics of the Rio Grande,NM

Providing for increased water demands during periods of persistent drought and climatic variability may require water managers, users and planners to think differently about how water resources are allocated. A water marketing institution that allows water rights holders to reallocate water on a temporary basis could overcome these challenges with minimal conflict. In this paper, a water marketing institution that allows for the temporary reallocation of water rights in a spot and futures market is investigated. The results provide insight into three key questions: (1) how does trading impact the physical system, (2) does the value of water differ by trading agents, (3) how is economic welfare redistributed as a result of trading? Results of experimental treatments display minor impacts to the physical system, that prices differ across the different type of trading agents and the addition of a futures market has the ability to decrease market prices while increasing economic welfare as a futures market allows users to hedge against future water uncertainty.     

七大主体 一个市场——中国资本市场的生物链效应

2005年,中国资本市场将进入一个关键时期,以银行、证券、基金、期货、信托、保险、QFII七大投资主体主导的大资本市场格局已初步形成。银行业:有赖于证券市场化解风险;证券业:可能是中国大金融的多米诺骨牌引倒者;保险业:寻求证券市场的双赢;基金业:中国资本市场最活跃的力量;信托业:资本市场发展的补充性主体;期货业:创新为资本市场的繁荣酝酿机会;QFII:资本市场的新力军。     

Testing the Efficient Markets Hypothesis with Futures Markets Data: Forecast Errors, Model Predictions and Live Cattle

At the forefront of empirical research into the examination of the efficiency of futures commodity markets, two fundamentally different testing techniques have been popularised – the 'forecast error' and 'model prediction' approaches. This paper assesses the relative strengths of these techniques by contrasting results obtained when both approaches are used to examine the efficiency of the Sydney live cattle futures market. While neither model provides evidence to suggest that this market is inefficient, it is clearly shown that the model prediction approach enjoys a number of distinct advantages over its rival. Indeed, the model prediction approach provides additional information that is important not only for those interested in testing the efficiency of futures markets, but is important for anyone interested in developing a greater understanding of the determination of prices and the behaviour of agents in futures markets.     

Financialization and the rise in co-movement of commodity prices

Between January 2000 and June 2008, the FAO food price index rose by 96%. Besides the magnitude, the price rise was remarkable for the broad range of commodities affected; prices of agriculture commodities, energy, and metals all rose and fell together. These dramatic developments coincided with a massive inflow of investment in the commodities futures market, and the rise of commodities as an investment class. In this paper, I study causal links between the increase in the co-movement between commodity prices and financialization of the commodities futures market. I extract common factors from a group of 40 commodities using the PANIC method and include it in a factor-augment VEC model along with a proxy of financialization. Results show that financialization of the commodities futures markets can explain the recent rise in co-movement between commodity prices, after accounting for macroeconomic variables.     

Investment horizons,cash flow news,and the profitability of momentum and reversal strategies in the Chinese stock market

This study investigates the profitability of momentum and reversal strategies of different investment horizons in the Chinese stock market. The findings indicate that momentum strategies are profitable for investment horizons less than one week. For longer investment horizons, reversal strategies are profitable. This result is very different from the US market, where profitable momentum strategies yield to much longer investment horizons. We show that this is because investors in Chinese stock market generally overreact to the company cash flow news while investors in US market underreact to cash flow news.     

Crude Oil Futures as an Indicator of Market Changes: A Graphical Analysis

This study investigates the changing relationship between price and volume traded of short- and long-maturity NYMEX light sweet crude oil futures contracts and major changes in the physical crude oil market during the last decade. Monthly series for the #1-month to 84-month out maturity contracts are generated from daily price and volume data for NYMEX West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures contracts for the period from January 2000 to the middle of 2009. 3-D graphical analysis of the futures prices, contract volumes, maturity dates, and time is used to demonstrate the changing trading volume pattern and evolution of the shape of futures price term structure across various contract maturities in different market regimes. The study observes the impacts of both May 2004, when excess production capacity reached nearly zero, and September 2006, when electronic trading was implemented on the NYMEX WTI futures markets. This analysis will be used to determine if futures contract information can provide an early indication of market regime shifts and improve short-run crude oil spot price forecast models.