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Table 2 Summary statistics

From: On the factors of Bitcoin’s value at risk

 

Mean

SD

Skew

Kurt

AR(1)

BITCOIN

0.596

8.915

17.229

610.629

− 0.014

BIT TRD

246296.517

867752.692

9.314

114.451

0.831**

OIL

0.008

1.610

0.352

10.263

− 0.067**

GAS

0.003

2.327

0.419

10.071

− 0.046**

COMMO

0.036

2.801

23.782

1030.892

0.000

GOLD CASH

0.010

0.774

− 0.217

12.546

− 0.008

GOLD FUTURE

4.573

221.516

57.524

3348.719

0.000

SILVER

0.011

1.460

− 0.701

22.354

− 0.039*

USCPI

1.754

0.853

0.038

3.332

0.998**

EFFR

0.641

0.774

1.202

2.915

0.999**

ECB DFR

− 0.125

0.312

0.991

3.334

0.999**

USCOR BND

0.014

0.236

− 0.345

6.228

− 0.059**

PIMCO BND

0.015

0.894

− 0.429

12.080

0.060**

STRESS

− 0.984

0.322

0.728

2.849

0.997**

EUR/USD

− 0.003

0.462

− 0.312

9.355

− 0.006

GBP/USD

− 0.004

0.455

− 1.650

36.587

− 0.005

CNY/USD

− 0.001

0.160

− 0.599

18.421

− 0.010

NYSE

0.023

0.760

− 0.542

11.716

− 0.50**

SP 500

0.034

0.751

− 0.461

11.167

− 0.055**

NASDAQ

0.044

0.873

− 0.397

9.333

− 0.058**

FTSE 100

0.013

0.757

− 0.175

7.799

− 0.011

NIKKEI

0.032

1.062

− 0.515

12.660

− 0.051**

SHANGHAI

0.010

1.101

− 0.942

13.264

− 0.0110.011

MSCI

0.024

0.669

− 0.557

10.633

0.074**

HEDGE

0.003

0.167

− 1.018

9.627

0.141**

UNCER WRD

155.924

50.102

0.986

3.307

0.994**

UNCER US

108.299

64.072

1.711

8.025

0.637**

UNCER UK

324.096

157.934

1.809

8.912

0.991**

CONSUME

85.998

11.162

− 0.583

2.298

0.998**

GOOGLE

32.170

19.424

0.620

3.349

0.922**

WIKI

14369.668

29671.088

14.526

359.518

0.779**

  1. This table reports the descriptive statistics for the variables employed. BITCOIN, OIL, GAS, COMMO, GOLD CASH, GOLD FUTURE, SILVER, USCOR BND, PIMCO BND, EUR/USD, GBP/USD, CNY/USD, NYSE, SP 500, NASDAQ, FTSE 100, NIKKEI, SHANGHAI, MSCI, and HEDGE are used in returns on the corresponding price index. The data are all daily, from August 1, 2010 to December 31, 2019. The table presents the mean (Mean), standard deviation (SD), skewness (Skew), kurtosis (Kurt), and first-order autocorrelation (AR(1)) with its significance. The significance levels at 95% and 99% are denoted by one and two stars, respectively