Popular safe haven assets, do they really exist for stock markets? Analysis on gold, Japanese yen and Swiss franc.

• Main Authors: Liu, Chang., Ho, Pauline., Xu, Qiong.
• Other Authors: Vinay Kumar Kariwala
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Economic theory; DRNTU::Social sciences::General
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/52142
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The onset of financial crises often sends investors seeking for safe haven assets. Financial press frequently claimed assets such as Japanese yen, Swiss franc and gold rise or maintain in their values in times of adversity in stock markets, hence terming them as “Safe Haven”. The aim of this paper i...