The effect of commodity index trading in agricultural futures markets: a Factor-Augmented Vector Autoregressive (FAVAR) approach
Commodity index trading in futures markets is a relatively new investment strategy whose consequences are not fully understood. This paper tests the hypothesis that long-only, passive index trading in agricultural futures markets influences futures prices. Vector Autoregressive (VAR) models are a co...
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| description | Commodity index trading in futures markets is a relatively new investment strategy whose consequences are not fully understood. This paper tests the hypothesis that long-only, passive index trading in agricultural futures markets influences futures prices. Vector Autoregressive (VAR) models are a common empirical research approach for analyzing index trading. Factor-Augmented Vector Autoregression (FAVAR) models are a new approach to analyzing index trading. FAVAR models can incorporate a large data set into the traditional VAR framework. Using a FAVAR model improves the analysis by including additional market factors relevant to futures price formation. Models were estimated for 13 agricultural commodities (corn, soybean, soybean oil, soybean meal, soft red winter wheat, hard red winter wheat, cotton, cocoa, sugar, coffee, live cattle, feeder cattle, and lean hog) from January 2006 to December 2022. The results demonstrate the added value of FAVAR models in explaining the dynamics between prices and index trading. The conclusions are similar to other findings that prices lead index positions; however, adding demand-related data through a FAVAR model allows for a better understanding of market dynamics. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3896786de9e94e0aa0f5e78bdbd194ba2025-01-23T07:54:13ZengCambridge University PressAgricultural and Resource Economics Review1068-28052372-261411910.1017/age.2024.15The effect of commodity index trading in agricultural futures markets: a Factor-Augmented Vector Autoregressive (FAVAR) approachFelix Braeuel0Paul J. Thomassin1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1522-9356Department of Agricultural Economics, McGill University, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, CanadaDepartment of Agricultural Economics, McGill University, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, CanadaCommodity index trading in futures markets is a relatively new investment strategy whose consequences are not fully understood. This paper tests the hypothesis that long-only, passive index trading in agricultural futures markets influences futures prices. Vector Autoregressive (VAR) models are a common empirical research approach for analyzing index trading. Factor-Augmented Vector Autoregression (FAVAR) models are a new approach to analyzing index trading. FAVAR models can incorporate a large data set into the traditional VAR framework. Using a FAVAR model improves the analysis by including additional market factors relevant to futures price formation. Models were estimated for 13 agricultural commodities (corn, soybean, soybean oil, soybean meal, soft red winter wheat, hard red winter wheat, cotton, cocoa, sugar, coffee, live cattle, feeder cattle, and lean hog) from January 2006 to December 2022. The results demonstrate the added value of FAVAR models in explaining the dynamics between prices and index trading. The conclusions are similar to other findings that prices lead index positions; however, adding demand-related data through a FAVAR model allows for a better understanding of market dynamics.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1068280524000157/type/journal_articleagricultural commoditiesagricultural futures marketscommodity index tradingFactor-Augmented Vector Autoregressivemasters hypothesis |
| spellingShingle | Felix Braeuel Paul J. Thomassin The effect of commodity index trading in agricultural futures markets: a Factor-Augmented Vector Autoregressive (FAVAR) approach Agricultural and Resource Economics Review agricultural commodities agricultural futures markets commodity index trading Factor-Augmented Vector Autoregressive masters hypothesis |
| title | The effect of commodity index trading in agricultural futures markets: a Factor-Augmented Vector Autoregressive (FAVAR) approach |
| title_full | The effect of commodity index trading in agricultural futures markets: a Factor-Augmented Vector Autoregressive (FAVAR) approach |
| title_fullStr | The effect of commodity index trading in agricultural futures markets: a Factor-Augmented Vector Autoregressive (FAVAR) approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | The effect of commodity index trading in agricultural futures markets: a Factor-Augmented Vector Autoregressive (FAVAR) approach |
| title_short | The effect of commodity index trading in agricultural futures markets: a Factor-Augmented Vector Autoregressive (FAVAR) approach |
| title_sort | effect of commodity index trading in agricultural futures markets a factor augmented vector autoregressive favar approach |
| topic | agricultural commodities agricultural futures markets commodity index trading Factor-Augmented Vector Autoregressive masters hypothesis |
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