Bitcoin and Stock Returns: An Empirical Study
- 1 Graduate School of Economics, Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract
This paper investigates the profitability of Bitcoin and US equity. More con cretely, we inspect the performances of the S&P 500 index and Bitcoin b y comparing their returns and volatilities. As a result, we obtain the following significant findings. First, our regression analysis clarifies that for the period after the sudden appearance of COVID-19, there was a weak nexus between the S&P 500 index and Bitcoin returns. In addition, our return and return s pread analysis evidences that for this period, on average, Bitcoin retu rns were much higher than the S&P 500 index returns. Moreover, our volatility and volatility spread analysis reveals that for this period, on average, the volatilities of Bitcoin returns were much higher than those of the S&P 500 index returns.
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