Conditional value-at-risk forecasts of an optimal foreign currency portfolio

Dongwhan Kim; Kyu Ho Kang

doi:10.1016/j.ijforecast.2020.09.011

Conditional value-at-risk forecasts of an optimal foreign currency portfolio

Dongwhan Kim, Kyu Ho Kang

Department of Economics

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Abstract

This study provides daily conditional value-at-risk (C-VaR) forecasts for a foreign currency portfolio comprising the USD/EUR, USD/JPY, and USD/BRL currencies. To do so, we estimate multivariate stochastic volatility models with time-varying conditional correlations using a Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithm. Then, given the model-specific currency return density forecasts, we make the optimal portfolio choice by minimizing the C-VaR through numerical optimization. According to out-of-sample experiment, including emerging markets into the currency basket is essential for downside risk management, and considering model uncertainty as well as the parameter uncertainty can improve the portfolio performance.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	838-861
Number of pages	24
Journal	International Journal of Forecasting
Volume	37
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijforecast.2020.09.011
Publication status	Published - 2021 Apr 1

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Funding Information:
We thank two anonymous referees and participants at the Bank of Korea seminar and KEA-APEA 2017 conference for useful feedback. This work is supported by a Korea University Grant ( K2009031 )

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© 2020 International Institute of Forecasters

Keywords

Bayesian MCMC method
Conditional correlation
Fat tail
Stochastic volatility
Time-varying

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Business and International Management

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