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- Title
Can commodity prices predict stock market returns? The case of dry bulk shipping companies.
- Authors
Melas, Konstantinos D.; Michail, Nektarios A.
- Abstract
We explore the relationship between the returns of 45 dry bulk shipping company stock prices and the main 15 commodities that bulk carriers transport. Using a principal component analysis to reduce the dimensionality of the commodities dataset and a panel methodology, we find that a change in the commodity price principal component would result in a 0.6% change in the returns of the shipping stock prices. Minerals appear to have a stronger impact, as a 1% change in the minerals principal component results in a 1.1% change in the returns. This is mainly due to the fact that minerals account for larger trade volumes in the dry bulk market and they employ mostly bigger vessels, while the price of Brent oil is also an important factor affecting shipping stock prices.
- Subjects
PRICES; STOCK prices; SHIPPING companies; COMMODITY exchanges; PRINCIPAL components analysis; PETROLEUM sales &; prices
- Publication
Journal of Shipping & Trade, 2024, Vol 9, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2364-4575
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s41072-024-00178-9