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Hedges and safe havens: An examination of stocks, bonds, gold, oil and exchange rates

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The authors investigated the return relations between major asset classes using data from both the US and the UK and found that gold can be regarded as a safe haven against exchange rates in both countries, highlighting its monetary asset role.
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This article is published in International Review of Financial Analysis.The article was published on 2013-09-01. It has received 452 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Asset allocation & Asset (economics).

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Is cryptocurrency a hedge or a safe haven for international indices? A comprehensive and dynamic perspective

TL;DR: In this article, a detailed observation by including 973 forms of cryptocurrency and 30 international indices from a dynamic perspective was made. And the empirical results mainly show that cryptocurrency is a safe haven but not a hedge for most of the international indices.
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Optimal hedge ratios for clean energy equities

TL;DR: In this article, the authors use daily data covering the period March 03, 2008 to October 31, 2017, to examine how crude oil, US-bonds, gold, VIX, OVX and European carbon prices can be used to hedge an investment in clean energy equities.
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Should Investors Include Bitcoin in Their Portfolios? A Portfolio Theory Approach

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the benefit of including Bitcoin in a traditional benchmark portfolio of stocks and bonds and showed that the benefits of Bitcoin are quite considerable with substantially higher risk-adjusted returns.
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Dynamic correlations and hedging effectiveness between gold and stock markets: Evidence for BRICS countries

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the dynamic relationship between gold and stock markets using data for the BRICS counties and found that adding gold to a stock portfolio enhances its risk-adjusted return.
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What are the categories of geopolitical risks that could drive oil prices higher? Acts or threats?

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors characterize the oil market as a nonlinear-switching phenomenon and examine its dynamics in response to changes in geopolitical risks over low and high risk scenarios, finding that the effects of threats appear to be moderate or non-significant.
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Asymmetric Dynamics in the Correlations of Global Equity and Bond Returns

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

TL;DR: In this article, constant and time-varying relations between U.S., U.K. and German stock and bond returns and gold returns were investigated to investigate gold as a hedge and a safe haven.
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