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Are safe haven assets really safe during the 2008 global financial crisis and COVID-19 pandemic?
Md Bokhtiar Hasan1, M Kabir Hassan2, Md Mamunur Rashid1
1Department of Finance and Banking, Islamic University, Kushtia-7003, Bangladesh.
Abstract:
This study evaluates the safe-haven role of twelve assets against the US stock market during the 2008 global financial crisis (GFC) and the COVID-19 pandemic. Our results show that silver and the Islamic stock index were safe havens during the 2008 GFC, and the Islamic stock index and Tether have been safe havens during COVID-19. We observe that the Islamic stock index and Tether have emerged as strong new safe havens. However, our supplementary analysis reveals that gold and Bitcoin still exhibit safe-haven behavior during severe market downturns. Overall, our findings suggest that safe-haven assets may vary over time.
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