Risk-off asset

Market conditions - investment - trading - risk-off.

Risk-off assets are ones that investors favour under risk-off market conditions.

They generally include cash and government bonds.

Depending on the investor's preferences and expertise, they may also include gold or other precious metals.

See also

• Bond
• Cash
• Confidence
• Equity
• Financial markets
• Flight to quality
• Investment
• Macroeconomics
• Market conditions
• Risk-off
• Risk-on
• Safe haven