The effect of underlying asset shocks on the Gold exchange traded funds’ pricing deviation

Subject Areas : Financial Knowledge of Securities Analysis

mahdi shaerattar ¹ , Akbar Mirzapour babajan ²

1 - Department of Economics, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad university, Qazvin, iran
2 - Department of Economics, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad university, Qazvin, iran

Received: 2022-01-11 Accepted : 2022-01-11 Published : 2021-11-22

Keywords: Gold Exchange Traded Funds, Pricing Deviation, Vector Error Correction Model, Impulse Response Function,

Abstract :

Gold exchange traded fund is one of the new financial instrumentss that underlying asset is gold and traded in the capital markets. This article examines the pricing deviation of the four gold funds on the Iran Mercantile Exchange from their underlying asset index. The main purpose of this study is investigate the effect of underlying asset shocks on the Gold exchange traded funds’ pricing deviation. In order to achieve this purpose, employed daily data of Emami Coin, Gold ETFs in Iran (Tala, Ayar, Zar, Gohar), Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) and Impulse Response Function (IRF). Results: The results shown that pricing deviation is stationarity and predictable. Therefore can be considered an implicit transaction cost an Gold ETF. The reason for the predictability of the pricing deviation stems from its stationarity and the specific price discovery processes for this asset class. Utilization of Impulse Response Function shown that the shock effect of the underlying asset was the same and do not persist for more than six trading days, Which indicates the relative pricing efficiency of these funds

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