A COMPARISON BETWEEN GOLD AND STOCK INVESTMENTS

Od vseh plemenitih kovin je zlato najbolj popularna investicija. Investitorji ga običajno kupujejo kot zaščito pred ekonomskimi, političnimi in socialnimi krizami ter upadom vrednosti denarja. Na ponudbo in povpraševanje vplivajo različni dejavniki, in sicer: obrestna mera, devizni tečaj, inflacija, finančna kriza in politična situacija. Obstajajo znaki o medsebojni korelaciji med obema investicijama, a še zdaleč niso strogo soodvisni. Cena zlata in cena delnic sta deloma obratno odvisni.Gold is the most popular investment of all the precious metals. Investors usually buy gold as a hedge against economic, political, social crisis and inflation. Supply and demand is affected by different factors, such as: inerest rate, exchange rate, inflation, financial crisis and political situation. There are signs of mutual correlation between the two investments, but they are far from having a strict connection. The price of gold and price of stocks have a partial inverse correlation