Gold-mining stocks as an instrument of investing capital

Abstract

In the gold-mining stocks market there is a great number of companies, from explorers to gold mines. The stocks of these companies give investors ample opportunities to invest capital, but they are also associated with high risk. This stems from the specificity of mining industries and the relationship between prices of gold-mining stocks and gold prices in world markets. This relationship is expressed by the gold price leverage effect. On the basis of the analysis of empirical data it should be said that this effect occurred although this did not apply to the whole period investigated.