risk off
Flee to bonds
Risk off describes a market mood or investment stance favoring safety over potential gains.
When investors go risk off, they shift from volatile assets like stocks into safer havens like bonds or cash: The market went risk off after the Fed announcement.
The opposite stance is risk on.
Often hyphenated when used as an adjective: a risk-off environment.
- cautiousnessCareful, watchful disposition
- capital preservationSafeguarding original investment value
- bondsTies that unite
- goldElement seventy-nine
- panic sellingFear-driven mass liquidation
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