Silver, Platinum and Palladium As Safe Havens – Reassessing Their Role

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Precious Metals As Safe Havens – Reassessing Their Role
New research confirms that not just gold but also the other precious metals – silver, platinum and palladium bullion – act as safe havens, especially from ‘Economic Policy Uncertainty.’ This is something that is particularly prevalent today due to the ‘Hard Brexit’ impact on the UK and the Eurozone, risk of trade wars and heightened financial and geopolitical risk under the Trump Presidency.
In their just released paper, Reassessing the Role of Precious Metals As Safe Havens – What Colour Is Your Haven and Why?, Dr Brian Lucey and Sile Li, of Trinity College Dublin and Trinity Business School, examine the ‘safe haven properties versus equities and bonds of four precious metals (gold, silver, platinum and palladium) across eleven countries.’

This post was published at Gold Core on January 31, 2017.