What Precious Metals Act as Safe Havens, and When? Some US Evidence

17 Pages Posted: 4 Oct 2013 Last revised: 25 Apr 2014

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Brian M. Lucey

Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin; Abu Dhabi University - College of Business Administration; Shanghai Lixin Univeristy of Accounting and Finance

Sile Li

Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin

Date Written: September 1, 2013

Abstract

Gold’s role as a safe haven asset has been intensively studied in recent years. This paper extends the precious metals literature and examines the safe haven properties of four precious metals (gold, silver, platinum and palladium) against US stock and bond declines. We also examine how these results change over time. Results suggest that during some periods silver, platinum and palladium act as safe havens when gold does not. In some periods one or more of the other assets acts a stronger safe haven than does gold.

Keywords: Safe Haven, gold, silver, platinum, palladium

JEL Classification: G10, G19

Suggested Citation

Lucey, Brian M. and Li, Sile, What Precious Metals Act as Safe Havens, and When? Some US Evidence (September 1, 2013). Applied Economics Letters, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2335402 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2335402

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