Abstract:This paper examines potential benefits of investing in various gold investment vehicles in terms of risk and return from a typical South African investor’s perspective. Furthermore, the study examines the relationship between gold price and South African macroeconomic variables. Data used in the study comprises of monthly closing share price data of JSE listed gold mining companies, gold price, Krugerrand coin, New Gold ETF, FTSE/JSE all share index, gold mining index, unit trust index (gold & precious met… Show more
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