Should investors include bitcoin in their portfolio? New evidence from a bootstrap-based stochastic dominance approach

Mourad Mroua, Slah Bahloul and Nader Naifar

Applied Economics Letters, 2022, vol. 29, issue 1, 53-62

Abstract: This paper investigates the potential portfolio diversification benefits by introducing the Bitcoin to the traditional diversified financial portfolio. Using a bootstrap-based stochastic dominance (SD) test and daily prices of the commodity and stock market indices, we find that the introduction of Bitcoin improves the performance of the traditional financial portfolio and the optimal portfolio choice changes according to the market regime. Principally, results show that the optimal portfolio diversification combining Bitcoin, US stock market and commodities indices can be a good hedge, offering risk-averse, more performing portfolio investments during any financial crisis.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2020.1855302

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