Is the Tracking Error Time Varying? Evidence from Agricultural ETCs

Bialkowski, Jedrzej; Bohl, Martin T.; Perera, Devmali


Abstract

This study extensively analyses a recently popularized asset class, exchange-traded commodities (ETCs). We demonstrate that the tracking error of ETCs is dependent on the volatility of the underlying commodity prices but not persistent. Furthermore, we find the tracking ability of agricultural ETCs is affected by the replication method and the leverage of the ETCs. Our findings are important for academics and market regulators as they indicate the structure of an ETC and the time-varying volatility of agricultural prices matters for its tracking performance.

Keywords
Agricultural commodity market Exchange-traded commodities Markov switching regression Tracking error



Publication type
Research article (journal)

Peer reviewed
Yes

Publication status
Published

Year
2022

Journal
Research in International Business and Finance

Volume
63

Issue
December

Language
English

ISSN
0275-5319

DOI