How the Safe Havens Stack Up

By: ETFdb
Given stocks’ stellar rise over the last year, investors worried about a correction are asking me where they can park their money. While I still believe that stocks aren’t yet in bubble territory and can still push ahead this year, there’s always the risk that an unknown exogenous shock could send markets tumbling. So to help investors who are concerned about such a scenario and want to allocate to safe havens to prepare, here’s a look at how various traditional safe-haven investments stack up in terms of post-market shock performance. Contrary to popular belief, gold may not be the best performing safe-haven option, at least based on an analysis by David Wang, a researcher on my Investment Strategy Group team. David looked at how a number of safe havens performed in comparison to the broad equity market during periods of high financial-markets stress over the last two decades. He identified [...] Click here to read the original article on ETFdb.com. Related Posts: No Related Posts
Given stocks’ stellar rise over the last year, investors worried about a correction are asking me where they can park their money. While I still believe that stocks aren’t yet in bubble territory and can still push ahead this year, there’s always the risk that an unknown exogenous shock could send markets tumbling. So to help investors who are concerned about such a scenario and want to allocate to safe havens to prepare, here’s a look at how various traditional safe-haven investments stack up in terms of post-market shock performance. Contrary to popular belief, gold may not be the best performing safe-haven option, at least based on an analysis by David Wang, a researcher on my Investment Strategy Group team. David looked at how a number of safe havens performed in comparison to the broad equity market during periods of high financial-markets stress over the last two decades. He identified [...]

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