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Uncertainty Related To Infectious Diseases And Forecastability Of The Realized Volatility Of Us Treasury Securities

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  • SISA SHIBA

    (Department of Economics, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield 0028, South Africa)

  • RANGAN GUPTA

    (Department of Economics, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield 0028, South Africa)

Abstract

This paper aims to examine the predictive power of the daily newspaper-based index uncertainty related to infectious diseases (EMVID) for the US Treasury securities’ realized volatility (RV) using the heterogonous autoregressive volatility (HAV-RV) model. In our out-of-sample forecast, we find strong significant evidence on the role of the EMVID index in forecasting the volatility of the US Treasury securities in the short-, medium- and long-run horizons except for the US 2-Year Treasury-Note (T-Note) Futures. Assessing the EMVID index role during the COVID-19 episode, we find that even in this short period, the index role in predicting the US Treasury securities is highly significant. These findings have important implications for portfolio managers and investors in times of unprecedented levels of uncertainty resulting from epidemic and pandemic diseases.

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  • Sisa Shiba & Rangan Gupta, 2021. "Uncertainty Related To Infectious Diseases And Forecastability Of The Realized Volatility Of Us Treasury Securities," Annals of Financial Economics (AFE), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 16(02), pages 1-12, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:afexxx:v:16:y:2021:i:02:n:s2010495221500081
    DOI: 10.1142/S2010495221500081
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    Keywords

    Uncertainty; infectious diseases; COVID-19; US treasury securities; realized volatility; forecasting;
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    JEL classification:

    • C22 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes
    • D8 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty
    • G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates

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