Dynamic Connectedness and Portfolio Diversification during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: Evidence from the Cryptocurrency Market

This paper examines interlinkages and hedging opportunities between nine major cryptocurrencies for the period between 30 September 2015 and 4 June 2020, which notably includes the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak lasting from early 2020 through the end of the sample period. The results of dynamic conditional correlation (DCC) analysis using a minimum connectedness approach show a high degree of correlation between cryptocurrencies throughout the sample period. However, the correlations reach their minimum values during the COVID-19 pandemic, which indicates that cryptocurrencies acted as a hedge or safe haven during the stressful period of the COVID-19 pandemic. The weight of cryptocurrencies was significantly reduced and their hedging effectiveness varied greatly during the pandemic, which indicates that investors’ preferences changed during the COVID-19 period..

Medienart:

Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Preprints.org - (2021) vom: 11. Juni Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2021

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nasreen, Samia [VerfasserIn]
Tiwari, Aviral Kumar [VerfasserIn]
Yoon, Seong-Min [VerfasserIn]

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doi:

10.20944/preprints202106.0291.v1

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