Abstract
This research examines the hedging and diversification ability of energy futures (crude oil, heating oil, natural gas, gasoline, carbon) concerning investment in four different segments of responsible investment. Wavelet coherence and DCC-GARCH are used to inspect the association and volatility transmission between them. Conditional correlation, optimum portfolio weights and hedge ratios are also calculated for real-time data and decomposed series to analyze the optimum portfolio structure. Our analysis reveals that energy futures are more efficient as a hedge to responsible investment during the short-run period. Natural gas is the perfect hedge against all the segments of responsible investment. Each segment of energy futures can hedge investments in sustainability stocks and green bonds. Carbon and Gasoline are not the perfect hedge for ESGL and GCEI but can be used as a cheap hedge. Our study will help responsible investors to hedge their portfolio risk using related assets, countering their familiarity bias.
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