Do ‘Sin stocks’ deprive Islamic stock portfolios of diversification? some insights from the use of MGARCH-DCC

There is this argument that Shari’ah compliant portfolios are at a disadvantage in terms of portfolio diversification given that the exclusion of ‘sin stocks’ shrinks the Islamic investor’s investment universe. This paper investigates first, whether there is empirical evidence to substantiate suc...

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Main Authors: Mustaffa Kamil, Nazrol Kamil, Bacha, Obiyathulla Ismath, Mohammed Masih, Abul Mansur
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Published: Malaysian Finance Association (MFA) 2012
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spelling iium-717442019-04-23T07:13:10Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/71744/ Do ‘Sin stocks’ deprive Islamic stock portfolios of diversification? some insights from the use of MGARCH-DCC Mustaffa Kamil, Nazrol Kamil Bacha, Obiyathulla Ismath Mohammed Masih, Abul Mansur HF5410 Marketing. Distribution of products HF5469 Markets. Fairs There is this argument that Shari’ah compliant portfolios are at a disadvantage in terms of portfolio diversification given that the exclusion of ‘sin stocks’ shrinks the Islamic investor’s investment universe. This paper investigates first, whether there is empirical evidence to substantiate such a claim, and second, can something be done to alleviate this disadvantage. Our results show that there is statistical evidence that Islamic portfolios are deprived of some benefits of diversification, at the sector level. However, the empirical evidence does not permit us to generalise such a finding at the specific stock level. By analysing the temporal characteristics of correlations using MGARCH-DCC, we argue that Islamic portfolios can minimise loss of diversification benefit by adopting appropriate portfolio allocation strategies. In particular, market sentiment and commodity prices are two key variables that can drive portfolio allocation switching decisions. In short, while there is some evidence that investors of Shari’ah compliant portfolios are denied additional benefits of diversification, there are arguably avenues to mitigate such a disadvantage. Malaysian Finance Association (MFA) 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/71744/1/71744_Do%20Sin%20Stocks%20Deprive%20Islamic%20Stock%20Portfolios.pdf Mustaffa Kamil, Nazrol Kamil and Bacha, Obiyathulla Ismath and Mohammed Masih, Abul Mansur (2012) Do ‘Sin stocks’ deprive Islamic stock portfolios of diversification? some insights from the use of MGARCH-DCC. Capital Markets Review, 20 (1&2). pp. 43-64. ISSN 1823-4445 https://www.mfa.com.my/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/CMR-Vol-20-Paper-3-2012.pdf
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HF5469 Markets. Fairs
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HF5469 Markets. Fairs
Mustaffa Kamil, Nazrol Kamil
Bacha, Obiyathulla Ismath
Mohammed Masih, Abul Mansur
Do ‘Sin stocks’ deprive Islamic stock portfolios of diversification? some insights from the use of MGARCH-DCC
description There is this argument that Shari’ah compliant portfolios are at a disadvantage in terms of portfolio diversification given that the exclusion of ‘sin stocks’ shrinks the Islamic investor’s investment universe. This paper investigates first, whether there is empirical evidence to substantiate such a claim, and second, can something be done to alleviate this disadvantage. Our results show that there is statistical evidence that Islamic portfolios are deprived of some benefits of diversification, at the sector level. However, the empirical evidence does not permit us to generalise such a finding at the specific stock level. By analysing the temporal characteristics of correlations using MGARCH-DCC, we argue that Islamic portfolios can minimise loss of diversification benefit by adopting appropriate portfolio allocation strategies. In particular, market sentiment and commodity prices are two key variables that can drive portfolio allocation switching decisions. In short, while there is some evidence that investors of Shari’ah compliant portfolios are denied additional benefits of diversification, there are arguably avenues to mitigate such a disadvantage.
format Article
author Mustaffa Kamil, Nazrol Kamil
Bacha, Obiyathulla Ismath
Mohammed Masih, Abul Mansur
author_facet Mustaffa Kamil, Nazrol Kamil
Bacha, Obiyathulla Ismath
Mohammed Masih, Abul Mansur
author_sort Mustaffa Kamil, Nazrol Kamil
title Do ‘Sin stocks’ deprive Islamic stock portfolios of diversification? some insights from the use of MGARCH-DCC
title_short Do ‘Sin stocks’ deprive Islamic stock portfolios of diversification? some insights from the use of MGARCH-DCC
title_full Do ‘Sin stocks’ deprive Islamic stock portfolios of diversification? some insights from the use of MGARCH-DCC
title_fullStr Do ‘Sin stocks’ deprive Islamic stock portfolios of diversification? some insights from the use of MGARCH-DCC
title_full_unstemmed Do ‘Sin stocks’ deprive Islamic stock portfolios of diversification? some insights from the use of MGARCH-DCC
title_sort do ‘sin stocks’ deprive islamic stock portfolios of diversification? some insights from the use of mgarch-dcc
publisher Malaysian Finance Association (MFA)
publishDate 2012
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/71744/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/71744/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/71744/1/71744_Do%20Sin%20Stocks%20Deprive%20Islamic%20Stock%20Portfolios.pdf
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