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Leveraged carry trade portfolios

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Zsolt Darvas () (Department of Mathematical Economics and Economic Analysis, Corvinus University of Budapest and Argenta Financial Research Group)

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Studying all possible pairs of eleven major currencies and eleven portfolios in 1976-2008 we show that, when there is no leverage, carry trade is significantly profitable for most currency pairs and portfolios. Positive returns do not diminish in time providing a strong case against the hypothesis of uncovered interest rate parity. We explain these findings with the leveraged nature of carry trade: leverage may increase profitability but it materially increases downside risk. We argue that market inefficiency is related to the level of leverage.

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Paper provided by Department of Mathematical Economics and Economic Analysis, Corvinus University of Budapest in its series Working Papers with number 0802.

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Date of creation: 12 Jun 2008
Date of revision: 18 Jun 2008
Handle: RePEc:mkg:wpaper:0802

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Keywords: bootstrap; currency market; diversification; interest rate differential; leverage; uncovered interest rate parity;

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