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Is Gold a Hedge or a Safe Haven? An Analysis of Stocks, Bonds and Gold

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ID23337166
AuthorsDirk G Baur (0000-0002-0185-0424, Dublin City University, corresponding author), Brian M Lucey (0000-0002-4052-8235, Trinity College Dublin)
Year2010
Volume45
Issue2
Pages217-229
Publication date2010-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFinancial Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0732-8516 • E-ISSN: 1540-6288
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1540-6288.2010.00244.x
OpenAlexW3123598957
LanguageEN
Citations received66
References cited16

Is gold a hedge, defined as a security that is uncorrelated with stocks or bonds on average, or is it a safe haven, defined as a security that is uncorrelated with stocks and bonds in a market crash? We study constant and time‐varying relations between U.S., U.K. and German stock and bond returns and gold returns to investigate gold as a hedge and a safe haven. We find that gold is a hedge against stocks on average and a safe haven in extreme stock market conditions. A portfolio analysis further shows that the safe haven property is short‐lived.

Bond · Context (archaeology) · Econometrics · Economics · Financial economics · Geography · German · Gold as an investment · Haven · Hedge · Monetary economics · Portfolio · Safe haven · Statistics · Stock (firearms) · Stock market · Uncorrelated · Energy, Environment, Economic Growth · Finance · Financial Risk and Volatility Modeling · Market Dynamics and Volatility · Mathematics

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