Pub Date : 2026-01-23DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomm.2026.100541
Niaz Bashiri Behmiri , Carlo Fezzi , Francesco Ravazzolo
This study examines short-to mid-term point forecasting of daily electricity prices, with particular emphasis on the role of renewable energy sources. We use data from the market zone corresponding to the Northern region of Italy, applying both time series and machine learning methodologies. The forecasts are evaluated for two individual years, 2019 and 2024. In 2019, traditional energy variables such as electricity load, natural gas prices, and imports, were the primary drivers of forecast accuracy. During this period, adding renewable energy production data offered negligible benefits, with solar and wind contributing only marginally. By contrast, in 2024, market volatility increased greatly due to geopolitical conflicts and increased renewable energy integration. Under these conditions, while solar and wind still added limited value, hydropower improved forecast accuracy substantially. The results suggest that the role of renewable energy sources in electricity price forecasting is growing. However, their predictive power is influenced by their market share and by their variability and predictability.
{"title":"Renewable sources and short-to-mid-term electricity price forecasting","authors":"Niaz Bashiri Behmiri , Carlo Fezzi , Francesco Ravazzolo","doi":"10.1016/j.jcomm.2026.100541","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcomm.2026.100541","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines short-to mid-term point forecasting of daily electricity prices, with particular emphasis on the role of renewable energy sources. We use data from the market zone corresponding to the Northern region of Italy, applying both time series and machine learning methodologies. The forecasts are evaluated for two individual years, 2019 and 2024. In 2019, traditional energy variables such as electricity load, natural gas prices, and imports, were the primary drivers of forecast accuracy. During this period, adding renewable energy production data offered negligible benefits, with solar and wind contributing only marginally. By contrast, in 2024, market volatility increased greatly due to geopolitical conflicts and increased renewable energy integration. Under these conditions, while solar and wind still added limited value, hydropower improved forecast accuracy substantially. The results suggest that the role of renewable energy sources in electricity price forecasting is growing. However, their predictive power is influenced by their market share and by their variability and predictability.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45111,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Commodity Markets","volume":"41 ","pages":"Article 100541"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2026-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146090301","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-10DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomm.2026.100539
Carlos P. Maquieira , Boris Pastén-Henríquez
This research analyzes the association between gold-mining stock returns and climate policy uncertainty (CPU) and examines whether CPU moderates the relationship between gold returns and gold-mining stock returns. Using monthly data for 68 gold-mining companies from nine countries over the period 2011–2022, we report that CPU exerts a significant and adverse effect on gold-mining stock returns, diminishing the positive impact of gold returns on gold stock performance. In contrast, Global Economic Policy Uncertainty (GEPU), Monetary Policy Uncertainty (MPU), and Fiscal Policy Uncertainty (FPU) are positively associated with gold-mining stock returns and strengthen the relationship between gold returns and mining stock performance, whereas Local Economic Policy Uncertainty (LEPU) does not exhibit a significant association. The results remain robust after correcting for endogeneity using an instrumental variable approach. Extending the analysis to energy transition metals, including copper, lithium, nickel, and cobalt, we find that climate policy uncertainty is positively associated with stock returns in these sectors and depending on time windows we find a negative impact of CPU on the link between metal returns and metal-stock returns.
{"title":"Does climate policy uncertainty impact gold-mining stock returns? International evidence","authors":"Carlos P. Maquieira , Boris Pastén-Henríquez","doi":"10.1016/j.jcomm.2026.100539","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcomm.2026.100539","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This research analyzes the association between gold-mining stock returns and climate policy uncertainty (CPU) and examines whether CPU moderates the relationship between gold returns and gold-mining stock returns. Using monthly data for 68 gold-mining companies from nine countries over the period 2011–2022, we report that CPU exerts a significant and adverse effect on gold-mining stock returns, diminishing the positive impact of gold returns on gold stock performance. In contrast, Global Economic Policy Uncertainty (GEPU), Monetary Policy Uncertainty (MPU), and Fiscal Policy Uncertainty (FPU) are positively associated with gold-mining stock returns and strengthen the relationship between gold returns and mining stock performance, whereas Local Economic Policy Uncertainty (LEPU) does not exhibit a significant association. The results remain robust after correcting for endogeneity using an instrumental variable approach. Extending the analysis to energy transition metals, including copper, lithium, nickel, and cobalt, we find that climate policy uncertainty is positively associated with stock returns in these sectors and depending on time windows we find a negative impact of CPU on the link between metal returns and metal-stock returns.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45111,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Commodity Markets","volume":"41 ","pages":"Article 100539"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2026-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145977403","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-04DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomm.2025.100537
Anabelle Couleau , Andres Trujillo-Barrera , Xiaoli Etienne
The Coffee ‘C’ futures contract traded on the InterContinental Exchange is recognized as the global benchmark for coffee pricing. Using high-frequency tick data from January 2010 to November 2021, we document the presence and drivers of intraday market momentum for the Coffee ‘C’ futures contract. Intraday market momentum is time-varying and emerges primarily during periods of elevated volatility and concentrated in the upper tails of the return distribution. Persistence tests indicate that early-day momentum linked to overnight and morning returns tends to carry over across days, consistent with gradual information incorporation and the late-informed trading hypothesis, while late-day momentum dissipates quickly, reflecting portfolio rebalancing and hedging pressures. Regression evidence suggests that stronger intraday momentum tend to coincide with faster quoting activity, greater opening liquidity demand, and lower speculative participation.
{"title":"Intraday market momentum in coffee futures: Dynamics and drivers","authors":"Anabelle Couleau , Andres Trujillo-Barrera , Xiaoli Etienne","doi":"10.1016/j.jcomm.2025.100537","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcomm.2025.100537","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The Coffee ‘C’ futures contract traded on the InterContinental Exchange is recognized as the global benchmark for coffee pricing. Using high-frequency tick data from January 2010 to November 2021, we document the presence and drivers of intraday market momentum for the Coffee ‘C’ futures contract. Intraday market momentum is time-varying and emerges primarily during periods of elevated volatility and concentrated in the upper tails of the return distribution. Persistence tests indicate that early-day momentum linked to overnight and morning returns tends to carry over across days, consistent with gradual information incorporation and the late-informed trading hypothesis, while late-day momentum dissipates quickly, reflecting portfolio rebalancing and hedging pressures. Regression evidence suggests that stronger intraday momentum tend to coincide with faster quoting activity, greater opening liquidity demand, and lower speculative participation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45111,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Commodity Markets","volume":"41 ","pages":"Article 100537"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2025-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145692654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-02DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomm.2025.100538
Jingjing Yan, Kun Wang, Pan Ma
Public climate sentiment plays a pivotal role in market systemic risk. This paper explores the impact of public climate sentiment on the systemic risk of the agricultural, energy, metal, and stock market systems. To achieve this goal, we develop an integrated WDTI-QVAR model that combines the weighted turbulence (WDTI) model and the quantile vector autoregressive (QVAR) spillover model to explore spillover effects and dynamic transmission mechanisms across varying risk conditions. The results show that under normal and high-risk conditions, public climate sentiment generally acts as a net risk receiver, whereas under extremely low-risk conditions, it shifts to a net risk transmitter. Public climate sentiment has asymmetric effects on the market system, particularly under extreme market conditions, with the agricultural system being the most sensitive. In addition, climate policy uncertainty plays a significant moderating role in the spillover effects among public climate sentiment and market system risk, especially under high-volatility conditions. By combining methodological innovation with practical insight, this study contributes to both systemic risk modeling and climate-finance policy design, offering an integrated framework for understanding how climate sentiment, conditioned by policy uncertainty, shapes systemic risk transmission across markets.
{"title":"The impact of public climate sentiment on systemic risk: Evidence from commodity and stock market systems","authors":"Jingjing Yan, Kun Wang, Pan Ma","doi":"10.1016/j.jcomm.2025.100538","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcomm.2025.100538","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Public climate sentiment plays a pivotal role in market systemic risk. This paper explores the impact of public climate sentiment on the systemic risk of the agricultural, energy, metal, and stock market systems. To achieve this goal, we develop an integrated WDTI-QVAR model that combines the weighted turbulence (WDTI) model and the quantile vector autoregressive (QVAR) spillover model to explore spillover effects and dynamic transmission mechanisms across varying risk conditions. The results show that under normal and high-risk conditions, public climate sentiment generally acts as a net risk receiver, whereas under extremely low-risk conditions, it shifts to a net risk transmitter. Public climate sentiment has asymmetric effects on the market system, particularly under extreme market conditions, with the agricultural system being the most sensitive. In addition, climate policy uncertainty plays a significant moderating role in the spillover effects among public climate sentiment and market system risk, especially under high-volatility conditions. By combining methodological innovation with practical insight, this study contributes to both systemic risk modeling and climate-finance policy design, offering an integrated framework for understanding how climate sentiment, conditioned by policy uncertainty, shapes systemic risk transmission across markets.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45111,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Commodity Markets","volume":"41 ","pages":"Article 100538"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2025-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145692573","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-11-26DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomm.2025.100536
Kejia Yan , Boqiang Lin
This study investigates the dynamic spillover effects between European Union Allowance (EUA) futures and major commodity futures, including energy, agricultural products, and precious metals, across all four phases of the EU ETS. Using the quantile connectedness framework, we capture heterogeneous and asymmetric transmission mechanisms under different market regimes. The results show that EUA futures are predominantly net receivers of shocks from global commodity markets, reflecting their strong integration with energy and financial systems. Nevertheless, EUAs act as net transmitters to fossil fuels—particularly natural gas and coal—under specific conditions, while spillovers to wheat occur mainly in extreme positive markets, raising concerns over food affordability. These findings highlight that EUA prices within the 20 %–60 % quantile range are “reasonable,” effectively constraining fossil fuels without destabilising agricultural or precious metal markets. Overall, the study enriches carbon finance literature by extending connectedness methods to the EU ETS, demonstrating that carbon markets function not only as emission reduction instruments but also as key nodes in global commodity interdependence.
{"title":"Carbon pricing, commodity markets, and economic stability: Evidence from the EU ETS","authors":"Kejia Yan , Boqiang Lin","doi":"10.1016/j.jcomm.2025.100536","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcomm.2025.100536","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigates the dynamic spillover effects between European Union Allowance (EUA) futures and major commodity futures, including energy, agricultural products, and precious metals, across all four phases of the EU ETS. Using the quantile connectedness framework, we capture heterogeneous and asymmetric transmission mechanisms under different market regimes. The results show that EUA futures are predominantly net receivers of shocks from global commodity markets, reflecting their strong integration with energy and financial systems. Nevertheless, EUAs act as net transmitters to fossil fuels—particularly natural gas and coal—under specific conditions, while spillovers to wheat occur mainly in extreme positive markets, raising concerns over food affordability. These findings highlight that EUA prices within the 20 %–60 % quantile range are “reasonable,” effectively constraining fossil fuels without destabilising agricultural or precious metal markets. Overall, the study enriches carbon finance literature by extending connectedness methods to the EU ETS, demonstrating that carbon markets function not only as emission reduction instruments but also as key nodes in global commodity interdependence.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45111,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Commodity Markets","volume":"41 ","pages":"Article 100536"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2025-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145624941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-11-25DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomm.2025.100534
Zhenhua Liu , Hongyu Zhong , Deyuan Zhang
This study investigates the dynamic impacts of climate policy uncertainty and investor behavior on carbon market returns by using the quasi-Bayes local likelihood time-varying parameter vector autoregression (QBLL-TVP-VAR) model. The empirical results indicate that climate policy uncertainty has significant time-varying impacts on carbon market returns, which is more critical during major international climate events. Moreover, investor behavior provides a transmission channel for the propagation between climate policy uncertainty shocks and the carbon market, but the role of different types of investor behavior is heterogeneous. These findings highlight the need to consider the nonlinear impact of climate policy uncertainty on the carbon market.
{"title":"Climate policy uncertainty, investor behavior, and carbon market returns","authors":"Zhenhua Liu , Hongyu Zhong , Deyuan Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.jcomm.2025.100534","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcomm.2025.100534","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigates the dynamic impacts of climate policy uncertainty and investor behavior on carbon market returns by using the quasi-Bayes local likelihood time-varying parameter vector autoregression (QBLL-TVP-VAR) model. The empirical results indicate that climate policy uncertainty has significant time-varying impacts on carbon market returns, which is more critical during major international climate events. Moreover, investor behavior provides a transmission channel for the propagation between climate policy uncertainty shocks and the carbon market, but the role of different types of investor behavior is heterogeneous. These findings highlight the need to consider the nonlinear impact of climate policy uncertainty on the carbon market.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45111,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Commodity Markets","volume":"41 ","pages":"Article 100534"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2025-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145692655","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-11-10DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomm.2025.100524
Diana Castro , Juncal Cunado , Juan Equiza-Goñi , Fernando Perez de Gracia
This paper examines the joint effects of total proved reserves and climate change exposure on the stock returns of oil and gas companies with a particular focus on their interaction, using firm-level data from 2002 to 2022. Our findings reveal that climate change exposure has a significant positive effect on stock returns, suggesting the presence of a climate risk premium. We also find that the interaction between total proved reserves and exposure to climate regulatory shocks has a significant negative impact on stock returns, indicating that these reserves may be viewed as stranded assets. Finally, we detect that these effects are more pronounced after the Paris Agreement, which can be attributed to heightened levels of climate policy uncertainty following 2016.
{"title":"Climate change exposure risk, reserves and stock returns of oil and gas companies","authors":"Diana Castro , Juncal Cunado , Juan Equiza-Goñi , Fernando Perez de Gracia","doi":"10.1016/j.jcomm.2025.100524","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcomm.2025.100524","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper examines the joint effects of total proved reserves and climate change exposure on the stock returns of oil and gas companies with a particular focus on their interaction, using firm-level data from 2002 to 2022. Our findings reveal that climate change exposure has a significant positive effect on stock returns, suggesting the presence of a climate risk premium. We also find that the interaction between total proved reserves and exposure to climate regulatory shocks has a significant negative impact on stock returns, indicating that these reserves may be viewed as stranded assets. Finally, we detect that these effects are more pronounced after the Paris Agreement, which can be attributed to heightened levels of climate policy uncertainty following 2016.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45111,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Commodity Markets","volume":"40 ","pages":"Article 100524"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2025-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145525860","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-11-07DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomm.2025.100525
Kyriaki Tselika , Maria Tselika , Elias Demetriades
In the evolving European energy landscape, it is essential to deepen our understanding of the interplay between electricity markets, volatility, and policy uncertainty. This paper investigates volatility spillovers across 11 European electricity markets and examines how three distinct policy uncertainty indices – economic, energy, and environmental – affect these spillovers. We employ three advanced econometric approaches to assess how the interconnected European market receives and transmits volatility. Furthermore, we analyze the influence of policy uncertainty on volatility transmission across markets using both linear and quantile regression models, allowing us to capture dynamics across different time horizons and market conditions. Our findings reveal significant fluctuations in volatility spillovers, both in the short-term and long-term market. An increase in all three policy uncertainty indices reduce short-term spillovers while energy policy uncertainty increases long-term volatility. This effect highlights the complex relationship between policy uncertainty and electricity market dynamics in Europe. The study provides crucial insights for policymakers and market participants, highlighting the need for strategic risk management and coordinated policy frameworks to mitigate the impacts of volatility and enhance market stability. Lastly, this research contributes to a deeper understanding of how policy uncertainty shapes the evolving European electricity markets.
{"title":"Policy uncertainty and volatility spillovers in European electricity markets: Implications for market dynamics and innovation","authors":"Kyriaki Tselika , Maria Tselika , Elias Demetriades","doi":"10.1016/j.jcomm.2025.100525","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcomm.2025.100525","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In the evolving European energy landscape, it is essential to deepen our understanding of the interplay between electricity markets, volatility, and policy uncertainty. This paper investigates volatility spillovers across 11 European electricity markets and examines how three distinct policy uncertainty indices – economic, energy, and environmental – affect these spillovers. We employ three advanced econometric approaches to assess how the interconnected European market receives and transmits volatility. Furthermore, we analyze the influence of policy uncertainty on volatility transmission across markets using both linear and quantile regression models, allowing us to capture dynamics across different time horizons and market conditions. Our findings reveal significant fluctuations in volatility spillovers, both in the short-term and long-term market. An increase in all three policy uncertainty indices reduce short-term spillovers while energy policy uncertainty increases long-term volatility. This effect highlights the complex relationship between policy uncertainty and electricity market dynamics in Europe. The study provides crucial insights for policymakers and market participants, highlighting the need for strategic risk management and coordinated policy frameworks to mitigate the impacts of volatility and enhance market stability. Lastly, this research contributes to a deeper understanding of how policy uncertainty shapes the evolving European electricity markets.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45111,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Commodity Markets","volume":"40 ","pages":"Article 100525"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2025-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145525859","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-11-06DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomm.2025.100523
Leila Hedhili Zaier , Khaled Mokni , Robert F. Scherer , Sami Ben Jabeur
This study examines the impact of public climate-change discourse on the price returns of clean versus dirty energy stocks, utilizing novel measures of climate risk derived from diverse sources, including newspapers, radio, and television. By applying the innovative quantile-on-quantile connectedness approach, the results reveal significant bidirectional interactions between climate change discourse and energy markets. Clean energy stocks generally exhibit greater sensitivity to media coverage than dirty energy stocks, especially during periods of strong market performance. High levels of media attention tend to increase the connectedness between media narratives and energy markets, with clean energy stocks acting as transmitters of positive shocks under favorable market conditions. Conversely, dirty energy markets tend to be more reactive to external shocks during periods of low market performance, reflecting their vulnerability to negative media coverage. The total connectedness index fluctuates over time, with clean energy markets showing higher direct connectedness under intense media coverage and dirty energy stocks exhibiting stronger reverse connectedness during economic stress. Global crises such as COVID-19 and the Russia–Ukraine war amplify these dynamics, contributing to increased market volatility. These insights underscore the importance of considering media narratives in investment strategies and policymaking related to energy markets.
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Pub Date : 2025-10-28DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomm.2025.100522
Shuaibing Li, Yong Ma
Global economic shocks and geopolitical crises have transformed gold’s volatility patterns, demanding new forecasting tools. This study develops an aligned equity market uncertainty (EMV) index using supervised machine learning to predict gold market volatility. We find that the aligned EMV index is a powerful predictor of gold market volatility both in- and out-of-sample, with particularly stronger short-term forecasting ability during recessions and more pronounced long-term effectiveness during expansions. The aligned EMV index identifies three drivers of gold volatility: (1) hedging demand during equity market stress, (2) investor sentiment spillovers, and (3) shared macroeconomic risks like inflation. Moreover, the aligned EMV index provides valuable complementary predictive information beyond general EMV indices, widely recognized economic variables, and uncertainty indicators. By incorporating this aligned EMV index into trading strategies, investors can achieve economic gains. These results underscore the interconnectedness of financial markets and the role of gold as a safe-haven asset.
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