flight to safety
Investors fleeing danger
Flight to safety is the movement of money from riskier investments into stable, secure ones during times of market uncertainty or crisis.
Investors flee volatile stocks for government bonds, gold, or cash when fear dominates: The market crash triggered a flight to safety into Treasury bills.
The phrase captures both the urgency of escape and the destination's perceived security.
- risk aversionPreference for certainty
- risk offMarket flight to safety
- bondsTies that unite
- government bondsState-issued debt securities
- goldElement seventy-nine
Swiss franc · treasury · panic · volatility · market crash · crash · uncertainty · capital · refuge · shelter · hedging · diversification · liquidity · stability · fear · investor panic · bear market · defensive
- bear marketbearish, decline, downturn, correction, sell-off
- financial crisesfinancial collapse, bank run, economic collapse, bank failure, bank failures
- Market Crashescrash, market collapse, collapse, Black Monday, Black Tuesday
- market movementsup, down, rising, falling, increase
- forexforex, exchange rate, currency trading, currency exchange, foreign exchange
- market sentimentbullish, bearish, bullishness, bearishness, optimism
flight to safetyirrational exuberance
Unjustified collective market optimism
animal spirits · melt-up · greed · buying frenzy · feeding frenzy
flight, safety, flying, flights, flier, safe, safely, safeness, safes