The Time-Varying Systematic Risk of Carry Trade Strategies

33 Pages Posted: 26 Aug 2009

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Charlotte Christiansen

Aarhus University - CREATES

Angelo Ranaldo

University of St. Gallen; Swiss Finance Institute

Paul Söderlind

University of St. Gallen

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Date Written: June 2009

Abstract

This paper suggests a factor model for carry trade strategies where the regression coefficients are allowed to depend on market volatility and liquidity. Empirical results on daily data from 1995 to 2008 show that a typical carry trade strategy has much higher exposure to the stock market and also more mean reversion in volatile periods - and that FX market volatility is a priced risk factor. The findings are robust to various extensions, including using more currencies and other proxies for volatility and liquidity (VIX, TED and a bid-ask spread).

Keywords: carry trade, factor model, smooth transition regression, time-varying betas

JEL Classification: F31, G11, G15

Suggested Citation

Christiansen, Charlotte and Ranaldo, Angelo and Söderlind, Paul, The Time-Varying Systematic Risk of Carry Trade Strategies (June 2009). CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7345, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1461974

Charlotte Christiansen

Aarhus University - CREATES ( email )

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Angelo Ranaldo

University of St. Gallen ( email )

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