TY - JOUR
T1 - Forward exchange bias, hedging and the gains from international diversification of investment portfolios
AU - Levy, Haim
AU - Lim, Kok Chew
PY - 1994/4
Y1 - 1994/4
N2 - The gains to the US investor from international diversification of investment portfolios are examined for portfolio strategies that hedge and strategies that do not hedge exchange rate risk via the interbank forward market. Using the Sharpe Performance Index and stochastic dominance as performance measures, almost all the unhedged strategies outperformed the hedged strategies for 1985-1988; the opposite held for 1981-1984. The results are explained by the biasedness of forward rates in predicting future spot rates. (JEL F30).
AB - The gains to the US investor from international diversification of investment portfolios are examined for portfolio strategies that hedge and strategies that do not hedge exchange rate risk via the interbank forward market. Using the Sharpe Performance Index and stochastic dominance as performance measures, almost all the unhedged strategies outperformed the hedged strategies for 1985-1988; the opposite held for 1981-1984. The results are explained by the biasedness of forward rates in predicting future spot rates. (JEL F30).
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U2 - 10.1016/0261-5606(94)90013-2
DO - 10.1016/0261-5606(94)90013-2
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AN - SCOPUS:0001544624
SN - 0261-5606
VL - 13
SP - 159
EP - 170
JO - Journal of International Money and Finance
JF - Journal of International Money and Finance
IS - 2
ER -