Is The Role Of Precious Metals As Precious As They Are? A Vine Copula And Bivar Approaches

This paper revisits the international evidence on hedge, safe haven, and diversification properties of precious metals-namelyW gold, silver, and platinum-for the G-7 stock markets. Therefore, this study proposes a multivariate vine copula-based GARCH model to assess the hedge and safe haven properties of precious metals and a Bivariate Value at Risk-based copula (BiVaR) measure to analyse the diversification potential of precious metals. Our empirical results suggest that; (1) gold is the strongest hedge and safe haven asset in almost all the G-7 stock markets, (2) silver and platinum results show that they may act as weak hedge assets, (3) silver bears the potential of a strong safe haven role only for Germany's and Italy's stock markets; however, platinum provides a weak safe haven role for most developed stock markets, (4) precious metals appear as interesting assets for diversifying a portfolio for G-7 stock markets investors. Overall, our findings provide noteworthy practical implication for investors.