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Gold as a Stable Asset in Economic Recession: An Econometric Analysis
Petrželka, Václav ; Baruník, Jozef (advisor) ; Kukačka, Jiří (referee)
Due to its reliability, durability and rarity, gold has been seen for centuries as a safe haven investment that should prevent large losses during financial crises. However, the question arises whether this characteristic is still relevant for gold. In our thesis, we distinguish between two main aspects of a safe haven asset, namely the degree of volatility and the ability to predict as accurately as possible the evolution of the volatility of a given asset. The major economic crises of the 20th century show us that the volatility of gold during them was lower than that of other assets. We therefore follow up with a detailed analy- sis comparing the volatility of daily returns for gold, stocks, commodities and cryptocurrencies over the period 2006-2021. We find that gold volatility was indeed lowest during the Great Recession after 2007 and after the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. We also confirm an asymmetric response to negative returns for stocks and commodities, which is not the case for gold and cryptocurrencies. We test the ability to predict assets by comparing predicted daily volatilities and realized daily volatilities over more than a six-month inter- val in 2014 and 2021. We find no relationship to confirm that gold has higher predictability than other assets. Our findings...
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Macroeconomic factors and stock returns: Evidence from three Central and East European countries
Tung, Christopher ; Novák, Jiří (advisor) ; Dědek, Oldřich (referee)
This dissertation deals with the links between stock market returns and foreign exchange rates, industrial production and exports to Germany in three Central and East European countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland). The main questions addressed are: "Do macroeconomic factors related to foreign exchange rates and industrial production affect stock market returns in the Visegrad-3? And what is the impact of exports to Germany on those stock returns?" This analysis makes use of panel-data and the Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT) to produce results. Firstly, foreign exchange rates are found to have a negative effect on stock returns. However the divergence in currency returns between the three countries means that the overall effect may be due to some factors that are not accounted for in this analysis. Secondly, there is a positive, but lagged, association between industrial production and stock returns. Thirdly, exports to Germany from the region are also found to have a positive impact on the stock returns of the Visegrad-3. Finally, there is divergence among the three countries with respect to the relationship between the macroeconomic factors and stock returns. Poland and Hungary are seen to exert a significant amount of influence over the region's stock markets.
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Macroeconomic factors and stock returns: Evidence from three Central and East European countries
Tung, Christopher ; Novák, Jiří (advisor) ; Dědek, Oldřich (referee)
This dissertation deals with the links between stock market returns and foreign exchange rates, industrial production and exports to Germany in three Central and East European countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland). The main questions addressed are: "Do macroeconomic factors related to foreign exchange rates and industrial production affect stock market returns in the Visegrad-3? And what is the impact of exports to Germany on those stock returns?" This analysis makes use of panel-data and the Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT) to produce results. Firstly, foreign exchange rates are found to have a negative effect on stock returns. However the divergence in currency returns between the three countries means that the overall effect may be due to some factors that are not accounted for in this analysis. Secondly, there is a positive, but lagged, association between industrial production and stock returns. Thirdly, exports to Germany from the region are also found to have a positive impact on the stock returns of the Visegrad-3. Finally, there is divergence among the three countries with respect to the relationship between the macroeconomic factors and stock returns. Poland and Hungary are seen to exert a significant amount of influence over the region's stock markets.
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