Diversification benefits of gold and other precious metals in an investment portfolio

Autor: Bogdan, Siniša, Bareša, Suzana, Čurčić, Srđan
Přispěvatelé: Obralić, Merdžana, Cibiz, Salih Faruk, Milojica, Vedran, Tahirović, Emir
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Popis: Precious metals, especially gold had an important role through the almost entire history of a mankind. Throughout the centuries, gold and other precious metals have always been considered as investors safe store of value especially during financial crisis. This indicates that precious metals could be good diversifiers in an investment portfolio. For example, investors can buy gold in many ways: through exchange-traded funds, buying gold mining stocks and related companies or buying physical product. Aim of this research was to find diversification possibilities of gold and other precious metals in an investment portfolio which was consisted of equities, fixed income and shortterm financial instruments on the example of the Croatian financial market in the time frame from 2009 to 2019. In this research Modern Portfolio Theory was applied as an investment framework for the selection of investment portfolios based on the risk and return. The second aim of this paper was to research which of the precious metals can offer the best diversification possibilities in an investment portfolio. Research analysis has provided interesting empirical results.
Databáze: OpenAIRE