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Reit Etfs Performance During The Financial Crisis., Stoyu Ivanov
Reit Etfs Performance During The Financial Crisis., Stoyu Ivanov
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In this study the “disintegration hypothesis” is tested. It is examined whether the Vanguard Real Estate Investment Trust and iShares Dow Jones US Real Estate Index Fund exchange traded funds disintegrate from their underlying indexes during the recent financial crisis. Failure to support the “disintegration hypothesis” of the exchange traded fund and underlying index is found. It is also found that the Vanguard Real Estate Investment Trust exchange traded fund is consistently cointegrated with its underlying index the MSCI US REITs Index, before, during and after the financial crisis. It is also found that the iShares Dow Jones US Real …
Analysis Of The Relation Of Corn And Soybeans Futures And Etf Prices., Stoyu Ivanov
Analysis Of The Relation Of Corn And Soybeans Futures And Etf Prices., Stoyu Ivanov
Faculty Publications
In this study I examine the relation between corn and soybeans exchange traded funds and their respective futures contracts. Considering that the exchange traded funds for these commodities track an index based on a basket of the futures instruments a natural link exists between exchange traded funds and futures contracts. This is the first study, to the best of my knowledge, to examine this relation by using cointegration methodology and provide a Vector Error Correction Model of the relation between these two prices.