Gold price risk and the returns on gold mutual funds

Journal of Economics and Business

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 499-513

  Blose, Laurence E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gold; Investments; Mutual funds

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040230198     PISSN: 00129933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0148-6195(96)00037-9     Document Type: Article

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