Studying the properties of the Bitcoin as a diversifying and hedging asset through a copula analysis: Constant and time-varying |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Economic Analysis and Finance, Facultad de Ciencias Juridicas y Sociales, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Cobertizo de San Pedro Martir s/n, 45071, Toledo, Spain;2. Department of Economic Analysis, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Senda del Rey, 11, 28040, Madrid, Spain |
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Abstract: | In this study, we analyze the properties of Bitcoin as a diversifier asset and hedge asset against the movement of international market stock indices: S&P500 (US), STOXX50 (EU), NIKKEI (Japan), CSI300 (Shanghai), and HSI (Hong Kong). For this, we use several copula models: Gaussian, Student-t, Clayton, Gumbel, and Frank. The analysis period runs from August 18, 2011 to June 31, 2019. We found that the Gaussian and Student-t copulas are best at fitting the structure dependence between markets. Also, these copulas suggest that under normal market conditions, Bitcoin might act as a hedge asset against the stock price movements of all international markets analyzed. However, the dependence on the Shanghai and Hong Kong markets was somewhat higher. Also, under extreme market conditions, the role of Bitcoin might change from hedge to diversifier. In a time-varying copula analysis, given by the Student-t copula, we found that even under normal market conditions, for some markets, the role of Bitcoin as a hedge asset might fail on a high number of days. |
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Keywords: | Bitcoin Diversifier Hedge Dependence Copula |
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