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title: Gold as a Zero-Beta Asset
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/repec/gam-jjrfmx-v-16-y-2023-i-3-p-204-d-1098335/
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updated: 2026-09-26
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identifier: RePEc:gam:jjrfmx:v:16:y:2023:i:3:p:204-:d:1098335
source_url: https://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/redir.pf?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mdpi.com%2F1911-8074%2F16%2F3%2F204%2Fpdf%3Bh%3Drepec%3Agam%3Ajjrfmx%3Av%3A16%3Ay%3A2023%3Ai%3A3%3Ap%3A204-%3Ad%3A1098335
featured: 2023-05-24
citations: unknown
topic: Asset Pricing & Factors
---


# Gold as a Zero-Beta Asset

Using gold as a zero-beta asset improves asset pricing models for US equities and industries.

- Source: https://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/redir.pf?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mdpi.com%2F1911-8074%2F16%2F3%2F204%2Fpdf%3Bh%3Drepec%3Agam%3Ajjrfmx%3Av%3A16%3Ay%3A2023%3Ai%3A3%3Ap%3A204-%3Ad%3A1098335
- Identifier: RePEc:gam:jjrfmx:v:16:y:2023:i:3:p:204-:d:1098335
- Released: 2023-05-24
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 1 (2023-05-24): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2023-05-24/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Asset Pricing & Factors

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