An analysis of co-movement in equity sector indices

This study examines the co-movement among equity sector returns of the Malaysian capital market. The relationship is investigated using Correlation-based on Ordinary Least Square (OLS) and Multivariate-GARCH Dynamic Conditional Correlation (DCC) to examines the volatilities and correlations of secto...

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Autores Principales: Shari, Aminah, Mahat, Fauziah
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spelling oai:psasir.upm.edu.my:95810 http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/95810/ An analysis of co-movement in equity sector indices Shari, Aminah Mahat, Fauziah This study examines the co-movement among equity sector returns of the Malaysian capital market. The relationship is investigated using Correlation-based on Ordinary Least Square (OLS) and Multivariate-GARCH Dynamic Conditional Correlation (DCC) to examines the volatilities and correlations of sectoral equity indexes. The study uses daily data that ranges from 5 February 1999 to 6 February 2019. The OLS result reveal that there is a strong co-movement between sectoral equity and the stock market prices except in tin and mining sector. While time-varying correlations among sectoral indexes are estimated using MGARCH-DCC, the empirical results from this analysis show that the plantation, properties and tin and mining sectors have negative unconditional correlation with the stock market, which is a good sign of diversification advantages. The findings have important implications helping portfolio managers and investors to understand the co-movement of equity sectors and then formulate policy measures that encourage better portfolio diversification. Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2021 Article PeerReviewed Shari, Aminah and Mahat, Fauziah (2021) An analysis of co-movement in equity sector indices. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 11 (9). 696 - 705. ISSN 2222-6990 https://hrmars.com/index.php/IJARBSS/article/view/11059/An-Analysis-of-Co-movement-in-Equity-Sector-Indices 10.6007/IJARBSS/v11-i9/11059
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description This study examines the co-movement among equity sector returns of the Malaysian capital market. The relationship is investigated using Correlation-based on Ordinary Least Square (OLS) and Multivariate-GARCH Dynamic Conditional Correlation (DCC) to examines the volatilities and correlations of sectoral equity indexes. The study uses daily data that ranges from 5 February 1999 to 6 February 2019. The OLS result reveal that there is a strong co-movement between sectoral equity and the stock market prices except in tin and mining sector. While time-varying correlations among sectoral indexes are estimated using MGARCH-DCC, the empirical results from this analysis show that the plantation, properties and tin and mining sectors have negative unconditional correlation with the stock market, which is a good sign of diversification advantages. The findings have important implications helping portfolio managers and investors to understand the co-movement of equity sectors and then formulate policy measures that encourage better portfolio diversification.
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author Shari, Aminah
Mahat, Fauziah
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Mahat, Fauziah
An analysis of co-movement in equity sector indices
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title An analysis of co-movement in equity sector indices
title_short An analysis of co-movement in equity sector indices
title_full An analysis of co-movement in equity sector indices
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