Item Type |
Monograph
(Working Paper)
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Abstract |
Taking advantage of a trades-and-quotes database, the main stylized facts and dynamic properties of a time series related to spot precious metals, that is, gold, silver, palladium, and platinum, are documented. The behavior of spot prices, returns, volume, and selected liquidity measures is analyzed. A clear evidence of periodic patterns matching the trading hours of the most active markets, London, Zurich, New York, as well as Asian markets, is found. The time series of spot returns have thus properties similar to those of traditional financial assets with fat tails, asymmetry, periodic behaviors in the conditional variances, and volatility clustering. The empirical analyzes show, as expected, that gold is the most liquid and less volatile asset, whereas palladium and platinum are traded less. |
Authors |
Caporin, Massimiliano; Ranaldo, Angelo & Velo, Gabriel G. |
Language |
English |
Keywords |
precious metals, high-frequency data, liquidity measurement, intradaily periodicity |
Subjects |
business studies |
HSG Classification |
contribution to scientific community |
Refereed |
No |
Date |
2013 |
Publisher |
SoF - HSG |
Place of Publication |
St. Gallen |
Series Name |
Working Papers on Finance |
Number |
2013/18 |
Depositing User |
Prof. Dr. Angelo Ranaldo
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Date Deposited |
21 Oct 2013 11:44 |
Last Modified |
20 Jul 2022 17:18 |
URI: |
https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/publications/226750 |