For investors, gold is an asset without a yield that is attractive in times of low and negative real interest rates. Gold also has an embedded put option because investors can sell it to those who value its use as jewelry or as a productive input. This paper presents an approach for pricing gold...

For investors, gold is an asset without a yield that is attractive in times of low and negative real interest rates. Gold also has an embedded put option because investors can sell it to those who value its use as jewelry or as a productive input. This paper presents an approach for pricing gold...

1. Introduction - Incantations for a ‘Barbarous Relic’ -- 2. 21st Century Economics of the Gold Price -- 3. The ASGM Sector in Africa- Lessons from China -- 4. Africa’s Toxic Alchemy -- 5. Gold in South Africa- Lessons from the Apartheid era -- 6. Gold, Oil and Revolution in North Africa...

The book explores the evolving economics of gold as a global commodity as well as the production and trade of gold in and from the African continent. The growth of gold as an increasingly important and diverse source of African wealth is examined, alongside the impact that the rise of China in...

Dowry is often adduced as an explanation of son preference in India, but there is little evidence that dowry motivates son-preferring behaviours. On the premise that gold is an integral part of dowry, we use variation in gold prices to investigate this. First, we exploit a sharp unexpected rise...

"Am Golde hängt, zum Golde drängt doch alles" - als Grabbeigabe findet es sich in frühen Kulturen, in Form von Kronjuwelen symbolisiert es Herrschermacht, während des Goldrausches zog es tausende Abenteurer in seinen Bann, in den Goldminen der Welt floriert bis heute das Geschäft der...

"Gold Is A Better Way is a financially enlightening guide that reveals the shocking truth about where the markets are headed. It also reveals why owning physical gold is a far better strategy to building real wealth as opposed to the inflated paper assets Wall Street recommends." - Amazon

The Golden Constant is a unique examination of how gold's purchasing power has remained consistent over the centuries. First published in 1977, this new edition has additional material to bring it up to date. The book is the only in-depth examination of how the purchasing power of gold has...

The paper examines the key drivers of gold investment. Since 2000 the gold price has risendrastically, making gold an interesting add-on to a portfolio. As gold futures have negativeroll returns, gold pool accounts are characterized by high credit risk and physical possessionof gold means high...