One of the main reasons that investment advisors recommend international investments is that foreign stocks are not highly correlated with U.S. stocks. As world economies become increasingly interrelated, it may become more difficult for investors to achieve effective diversification. This...

This paper tests the risk reduction properties of hedge fund investing against a sample of stocks ranging from 1990 through 2014. GARCH dynamic conditional correlation analysis indicates that hedge funds are a significant diversifier due to the consistent imperfect relationship between the hedge...

This paper investigates the use of gold as an investment asset. The data consist of U.S. and foreign equity returns from 1975-2005. The results indicate that investment in gold is inferior to a simple buy-and-hold strategy of U.S. equities over the long-term. Gold is often believed to provide...