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Are Sharia stocks, gold and U.S. Treasury hedges and/or safe havens for the oil-based GCC markets?
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Are Sharia stocks, gold and U.S. Treasury hedges and/or safe havens for the oil-based GCC markets?

Walid Mensi, Shawkat Hammoudeh, Juan C. Reboredo and Duc Khuong Nguyen
Emerging markets review, v 24(24)
Sep 2015

Abstract

GCC stock markets Gold Sharia-compliant stocks U.S. Treasury bills Vine copulas
This study examines whether the Sharia-compliant stocks measured by Dow Jones Islamic World Emerging Market index (DJIWEM), gold and the U.S. Treasury bills (T-bills) can serve as a hedge and/or a safe-haven asset in the six GCC stock markets, by using a vine copula approach. The results show that GCC and global investors can realize both risk diversification benefits and downside risk reductions during tranquil and downturn periods by including gold or DJIWEM in their portfolios but not the T-bills.

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