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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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 |
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Is gold a hedge or a safe haven?Evidence from inflation and stock market |
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Is gold a hedge or a safe haven?Evidence from inflation and stock market |
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Is gold a hedge or a safe haven?Evidence from inflation and stock market |
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Is gold a hedge or a safe haven?Evidence from inflation and stock market |
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is gold a hedge or a safe haven?evidence from inflation and stock market |
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International Society for Development and Sustainability (ISDS) |
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International Journal of Development and Sustainability |
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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. |
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Hedge Safe haven Gold Inflation Stock |
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