Gold Investment Incentives: An Empirical Identification of the Main Gold Price Determinants and Prognostication of Gold Price Future Trends Cover Image

Gold Investment Incentives: An Empirical Identification of the Main Gold Price Determinants and Prognostication of Gold Price Future Trends
Gold Investment Incentives: An Empirical Identification of the Main Gold Price Determinants and Prognostication of Gold Price Future Trends

Author(s): Ligita Gasparėnienė, Rita Remeikienė, Alius Sadeckas, Romualdas Ginevičius
Subject(s): Recent History (1900 till today), Policy, planning, forecast and speculation, Financial Markets
Published by: Fundacja Centrum Badań Socjologicznych
Keywords: gold price; gold price variation; autoregressive model;

Summary/Abstract: During the World War I, most of the countries stopped coin production and began converting paper money into gold. Various forms of exchange were later abolished during the "Great Depression" in 1929- 1933. Later, gold lost the value of money in most of the economies worldwide. Multiple price rise of gold caused a real rise in the value of gold reserves and their potential ability to cover the balance of payment deficit. At the same time, it shows that gold still plays an important role in terms of monetary aspect. The aim of this study was to determine whether ARIMA models are suitable for determining the short-term volatility of gold prices. The calculations show that ARIMA model is suitable only for short-term gold price forecasts (max. 1 year). Thus, it is necessary to apply other models (multi-regression ones) that also can reveal the relationship between gold price and its determinants.

  • Issue Year: 11/2018
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 248-264
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: English