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L atin A merican stock market dynamics and comovement
Author(s) -
Coleman Simeon,
Leone Vitor,
Medeiros Otavio R.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of finance and economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.505
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1099-1158
pISSN - 1076-9307
DOI - 10.1002/ijfe.1708
Subject(s) - latin americans , economics , equity (law) , stock (firearms) , emerging markets , frontier , monetary economics , financial economics , stock market , finance , geography , political science , context (archaeology) , archaeology , law
With the economic relevance of the relationships among emerging and frontier equity markets becoming increasingly significant, this paper investigates comovement among returns from six Latin American stock markets (Mexico [BMV], Brazil [BOVESPA], Chile [IPSA], Peru [IGBVL], Argentina [MERVAL], and Venezuela [IBVC]) and also with the U.S. S&P 500 Composite index. In part, we employ principal component analyses, to account for the maximum portion of the variance present in the returns by examining rolling windows with 8‐, 6‐, 4‐, 3‐, 2‐, and 1‐year periods. We also investigate the incidence of structural breaks and comovement, aiming to uncover the dynamics in comovements among these markets. We find evidence of high comovement among the Latin American markets, and also with the U.S. markets. Venezuela and Mexico's equity markets are at the extremes. However, our results do not corroborate findings of clear evidence, reported in previous studies, of the United States having a leading role in the region.