Where does return and volatility come from? The case of Asian ETFs

International Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 671-679

  Gutierrez, Jose A ^a   Martinez, Valeria ^b   Tse, Yiuman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversification; International ETF; iShares; Returns; Variance

Indexed keywords

EID: 69349087565     PISSN: 10590560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2009.02.012     Document Type: Article

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