A note on the intraday and intraweek patterns in premiums of exchange-traded funds: Evidence from Hong Kong

Gordon Y N TANG, Karen H.Y. Wong

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    Abstract

    The Tracker Fund of Hong Kong, the first launched exchange-traded fund in Asia except Japan, aims to track the performance of the Hang Seng Index. This article examines the fund's characteristic via investigating the intraday and intraweek patterns of the fund's premiums. Empirical results suggest that no such patterns exist on the mean premium. However, a weak intraweek pattern is found for the volatility of premium and the number of transactions. Furthermore, for all measures except the mean premium, we find that a significant intraday pattern with a double-U shape or a W-shape exists.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)753-760
    Number of pages8
    JournalApplied Economics Letters
    Volume17
    Issue number8
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Jun 2010

    Scopus Subject Areas

    • Economics and Econometrics

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