Economic Analysis of Gold, Silver, and Platinum

Nadezda Kiseleva

Bakalářská práce

Abstract:

Precious metals have been around for a long time during history and nowadays. Moreover, some of them, such as gold, silver and platinum are accomplished the same function nowadays as they have been for thousands of years. They are involved in various industries and investment.In the theoretical part, I focused on the definition of precious metals, such as gold, silver and platinum. Their supply, demand, segmentation, investment opportunities and history were described in this bachelor thesis.In practical part, I observed gold, silver and platinum as a type of effective instrument for investment, analysing prices of gold, silver and platinum during the 2007-2017 years, finding their advantages and disadvantages, and calculating return on investment values during this period.As a result, I figured out that gold is the best precious metal to invest nowadays (most profitable), due to particular factors, such as economic uncertainty in the world, growing demand for consumer goods, such as jewellery and electronics, desire to purchase gold as a hedge against inflation.

Keywords

Precious metals, Gold, Silver, Platinum, Investment

Jazyk práce: angličtina

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 14. 3. 2017

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Vedoucí: Ing. Petr Procházka, MSc Ph.D.

Česká zemědělská univerzita v Praze

Provozně ekonomická fakulta

Bakalářský studijní program / obor:
Economics and Management / Economics and Management