Influence of Astrological Planetary Effects on Gold Price Volatility - An Empirical Investigation

Authors

  • P. Hemavathy Padmanaban
     Full time Doctoral Research Scholar, Department of Commerce, University of Madras, Chepauk, Chennai – 600005, Tamil Nadu
  • Dr. S. Gurusamy
     Professor and Head, Department of Commerce, University of Madras, Chepauk, Chennai - 600005, Tamil Nadu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15410/aijm/2018/v7i2/122581

Keywords:

Bullion Market, Full Moon Days, Gold, Lunar Cycle, New Moon Days, Volatility

Abstract

There raises questions in the mind of the researchers that “Do moon phases influence the bullion marketsâ€. This paper explores the impact of lunar cycle effects on gold price volatility by developing and examining the conditional volatility models in an attempt to confine the prominent features of volatility in bullion market during full moon and new moon periods. This study fills the gap of addressing a corroboration of time varying volatility, which exhibits clustering, high persistence and certainty and responds asymmetrically for positive and negative shocks exclusively during different lunar cycle periods. Results reveal that the impact of good news is less in times of full moon day’s gold price return series. Greater volatility exists during full moon days in gold prices. More influence of information comes from previous day’s volatility during full moon days. This researchers conclude that it is prosperous to buy gold during the new moon period. The gold price is highly volatile during the full moon days. People are more optimistic to buy gold exclusively during new moon day period rather than full moon day period.

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Published

2018-07-01

How to Cite

Padmanaban, P. H., & Gurusamy, D. S. (2018). Influence of Astrological Planetary Effects on Gold Price Volatility - An Empirical Investigation. ANVESHAK-International Journal of Management, 7(2), 224–234. https://doi.org/10.15410/aijm/2018/v7i2/122581

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Volume 7, Issue 2, July 2018

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