Are investors' portfolios enhanced by incorporating CTA index funds?

Yen-Sen Ni and Pao-Yu Huang

Applied Economics Letters, 2014, vol. 21, issue 1, 43-46

Abstract: By exploring the CTA index with other representative indices across stock, bond, currency, futures, oil, gold and commodity markets, we reveal several impressive findings for the CTA index. First, an upward trend exists for the CTA index without obvious drops. Second, a lower correlation is shown between the CTA index and each of these indices without exceptions. Third, neither causality nor cointegration is revealed as well. The findings revealed above seldom coexist for other financial commodities, implying that investors are able to enhance their portfolios by incorporating CTA index funds according to the portfolio selection proposed by Markowitz (1952).

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2013.837571

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