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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825976303321

Autore

Roache Shaun

Titolo

Inflation Hedging for Long-Term Investors / / Shaun Roache, Alexander Attie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009

ISBN

1-4623-0028-6

1-4527-9749-8

1-282-84310-9

1-4518-7237-2

9786612843105

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (39 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

AttieAlexander

Disciplina

332.152

Soggetti

Hedging (Finance)

Inflation (Finance)

Risk

Banks and Banking

Inflation

Investments: Bonds

Investments: Stocks

Money and Monetary Policy

Price Level

Deflation

Portfolio Choice

Investment Decisions

Pension Funds

Non-bank Financial Institutions

Financial Instruments

Institutional Investors

General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data)

Financing Policy

Financial Risk and Risk Management

Capital and Ownership Structure

Value of Firms

Goodwill

Monetary Systems

Standards

Regimes

Government and the Monetary System



Payment Systems

Macroeconomics

Investment & securities

Financial services law & regulation

Monetary economics

Stocks

Bonds

Hedging

Currencies

Prices

Financial institutions

Financial regulation and supervision

Money

Financial risk management

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"April 2009".

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; I. Introduction; Figures; 1. Long-term Consumer Price Inflation, 1950-2008 (annual percent); II. Literature Review; A. Cash; B. Bonds; C. Corporate Equity; D. Alternatives; E. Diversified Portfolios; III. Inflation Hedging Over a One-Year Horizon; A. Data; Tables; 1. Short-Run Model  Variables: Summary Statistics, Jan-1927 to Nov-2008; B. Estimation Strategy; C. Results; 2. Asset Class Sensitivity to Inflation Over a 12-Month Horizon; IV. Inflation Hedging over the Long Term; 3. Breakpoint Tests and Sub-Sample Regressions; A. Data; B. Estimation Strategy

3. Long-Run Model Variables: Summary Statistics, Aug-1956 to Oct-2008C. Results; 2. Inflation Shock 20-Year Cumulative Impulse Response Functions; 3. Inflation Shock Elasticities; V. Summary and Investment Implications; Appendix; References

Sommario/riassunto

Long-term investors face a common problem-how to maintain the purchasing power of their assets over time and achieve a level of real returns consistent with their investment objectives. While inflation-linked bonds and derivatives have been developed to hedge the effects of inflation, their limited supply and liquidity lead many investors to continue to rely on the indirect hedging properties of traditional asset classes. In this paper, we assess these properties over different time horizons, in the context of a diversified portfolio. Using a vector error correction model, we find that effective short-run hedges, such as commodities, may not work over longer horizons and that tactical asset allocation could enhance investment returns following inflation surprises.