Is gold a hedge or a safe haven?Evidence from inflation and stock market

Gold with special nature has always been regarded as a safe asset. This paper examine whether gold serves as a hedge for stock or/and inflation in China mainland market. Employing improved classic methods, and some new methods, such as quantile regression and binary probit model, our empirical resul...

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Main Authors: Dee, J., Li, L., Zheng, Z.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Society for Development and Sustainability (ISDS) 2013-03-01
Series:International Journal of Development and Sustainability
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Online Access:http://isdsnet.com/ijds-v2n1-2.pdf
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spelling doaj-52c99f180095481c877330a9c97aca642020-11-24T23:06:28ZengInternational Society for Development and Sustainability (ISDS)International Journal of Development and Sustainability2186-86622186-86622013-03-01211227Is gold a hedge or a safe haven?Evidence from inflation and stock market Dee, J.Li, L. Zheng, Z.Gold with special nature has always been regarded as a safe asset. This paper examine whether gold serves as a hedge for stock or/and inflation in China mainland market. Employing improved classic methods, and some new methods, such as quantile regression and binary probit model, our empirical results show, for short-term investors, that gold always cannot hedge stock and inflation risk. But it is actually a good hedge for stock or inflation if you would hold gold for a long time. However, it is regrettable that gold is not a safe haven when investors face with stock and inflation risk in china capital market anyway. http://isdsnet.com/ijds-v2n1-2.pdfHedgeSafe havenGoldInflationStock
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Is gold a hedge or a safe haven?Evidence from inflation and stock market
International Journal of Development and Sustainability
Hedge
Safe haven
Gold
Inflation
Stock
author_facet Dee, J.
Li, L.
Zheng, Z.
author_sort Dee, J.
title Is gold a hedge or a safe haven?Evidence from inflation and stock market
title_short Is gold a hedge or a safe haven?Evidence from inflation and stock market
title_full Is gold a hedge or a safe haven?Evidence from inflation and stock market
title_fullStr Is gold a hedge or a safe haven?Evidence from inflation and stock market
title_full_unstemmed Is gold a hedge or a safe haven?Evidence from inflation and stock market
title_sort is gold a hedge or a safe haven?evidence from inflation and stock market
publisher International Society for Development and Sustainability (ISDS)
series International Journal of Development and Sustainability
issn 2186-8662
2186-8662
publishDate 2013-03-01
description Gold with special nature has always been regarded as a safe asset. This paper examine whether gold serves as a hedge for stock or/and inflation in China mainland market. Employing improved classic methods, and some new methods, such as quantile regression and binary probit model, our empirical results show, for short-term investors, that gold always cannot hedge stock and inflation risk. But it is actually a good hedge for stock or inflation if you would hold gold for a long time. However, it is regrettable that gold is not a safe haven when investors face with stock and inflation risk in china capital market anyway.
topic Hedge
Safe haven
Gold
Inflation
Stock
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