1Department of Commerce, Christ (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, India
2Department of Commerce CA, VHNSN College, Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu, India
*Corresponding author: sathish.kumar@christuniversity.in (ORCID ID: 0000-0002-2292-842X)
Online published on 13 January, 2020.
This study aim of this is to estimate the relationship between gold and Gold Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) and the performance of Gold ETFs in India by using various statistical models. The data for the study covers a period of three years from 2015 to 2018. The data was collected from the National Stock Exchange database and other sources. The outcome of this study was to find out whether there is a relationship between gold and Gold ETFs. It was found out that Gold ETFs has more returns than the physical gold; Axis ETF performed the best among those Gold ETFs selected for the study. This study will be beneficial for the market researchers and investors who find the best opportunities in the Gold ETFs.
This study is filling the lights on the darkness of the Gold vs Gold Exchange Traded Funds with particular reference with the Indian market.
This study gives a clear idea regarding the performance evaluation of the Gold and Gold ETFs in India.
One of the exclusive feature of this study is that it looks into Risk and Return of Gold ETF in Indian markets
Gold vs Gold ETFs, Sharpe's Index, Treynor's Index, Jensen's Index, Fama's Measure, Correlation
