This thesis analyses symmetric and asymmetric interdependencies of financial markets through time for returns and variances. The work contributes to the literature in several areas: Symmetric interdependencies (correlations) are examined in the first part where a new bivariate correlation...

We review the literature on gold as an investment. We summarize a wide variety of literature. We begin with a review of how the gold markets operate, including the under researched leasing market; we proceed to examine research on physical gold demand and supply, gold mine economics and move...