Including commodity futures in asset allocation in China

Qingfu Liu, Yiuman Tse and Linlin Zhang

Quantitative Finance, 2018, vol. 18, issue 9, 1487-1499

Abstract: In this paper, we investigate the role of eight commodity futures in asset allocation in China during the period January 2004–December 2015. The Chinese commodities and stocks are moderately correlated. We use quantile regressions based on a value-at-risk model to examine the relation between these two markets. We find no risk spillovers between the markets, suggesting that stocks and commodities in China are exposed to different risks. Using different asset allocation strategies, we show that including soymeal and soybeans in the Chinese stock index can offer some diversification gains. However, other Chinese commodities may not be useful for portfolio diversification.

Date: 2018
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