Bitcoin Is Not the New Gold: A Comparison of Volatility, Correlation, and Portfolio Performance
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Keywords
BEKK; Bitcoin; CRIX; Cryptocurrency; Gold; GARCH; Conditional Correlation; Asymmetry; Long Memory;All these keywords.
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- C10 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - General
- C58 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Financial Econometrics
- G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
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