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title: Gold in Decision-Making
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/5012566/
site: ML-Quant (https://www.ml-quant.com)
updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
index: https://www.ml-quant.com/llms.txt
identifier: SSRN 5012566
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5012566
featured: 2024-11-13
citations: unknown
topic: Derivatives & Volatility
---


# Gold in Decision-Making

The article presents an educational framework to understand the role of gold in economic theory, focusing on its function as a safe-haven asset, a store of value, and its relationship with inflation and market volatility.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5012566
- Identifier: SSRN 5012566
- Released: 2024-11-07
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 74 (2024-11-13): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2024-11-13/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Derivatives & Volatility

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