Fresh evidence on connectedness between prominent markets during COVID-19 pandemic

Autor: Ijaz Younis, Besma Hkiri, Waheed Ullah Shah, Fiza Qureshi, Muhammad Ilyas, Cheng Longsheng
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Environmental science and pollution research international.
ISSN: 1614-7499
Popis: Various empirical studies have examined the nexus between financial markets, but this study focused on the comovement among prominent markets. Our study examines the interrelationship among main financial markets, i.e., stock, oil, and commodity during the recent pandemic. The interconnections among the selected markets are investigated using a battery of wavelet coherence tools and the Granger causality test. From the wavelet coherence analysis, our findings indicate strong co-movements among the VIX, oil volatility, and commodity prices during pandemic and localized in all scales and over the sample period. The dependency strength among the considered economies is noted to increase in pandemic, which implies increased short- and long-term benefits for the investors. Moreover, Our result exhibits a feedback causality between OVIX and crude oil, VIX and SP 500, and gasoline and VIX. Interestingly, a unidirectional causality exists between VIX and crude oil, SP 500 and crude oil, Brent and crude oil, gasoline, crude oil, and VIX and OVIX. We advocate that the findings will be helpful for portfolio managers, investors, and officials around the world.
Databáze: OpenAIRE