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Does the inclusion of exposure to volatility into diversified portfolio improve the investment results? Portfolio construction from the perspective of a Polish investor

Authors

  • Michał Latoszek
  • Robert Ślepaczuk

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18559/ebr.2020.1.3

Keywords:

volatility, asset class, portfolio optimization, Polish market, VIX, Markowitz portfolio, naïve diversification

Abstract

The main goal of this research is to analyse the investment benefits from an incorporation of the volatility exposure to the diversified portfolio from the perspective of a Polish investor. Volatility, treated as a new asset class, may improve the performance of the portfolio due to its negative correlation with most types of assets. This topic has been widely investigated for the United States and Europe whereas the Polish market appears to be not heavily researched and this study may fill this gap. The research covers the period from October 2010 to July 2018 and is performed on daily close prices. To construct the portfolios the analysis uses the mean-variance framework and the naïve diversification approach. The comparison of risk-adjusted returns between investments with and without volatility exposure enables an answer to the research question about an improvement of the results by the addition of a non-standard asset to the diversified portfolios. The VXX is considered as the proxy for volatility as it is the most popular ETN which follows the volatility index derivatives with the given maturity. To test the robustness of the results the portfolios are constructed with a broad range of different parameters and assumptions imposed on the optimization procedure.

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Published

30-03-2020

How to Cite

Latoszek, Michał, and Robert Ślepaczuk. “Does the Inclusion of Exposure to Volatility into Diversified Portfolio Improve the Investment Results? Portfolio Construction from the Perspective of a Polish Investor”. DEMO, Mar. 2020, pp. 46-81, doi:10.18559/ebr.2020.1.3.

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