Safe haven

1.

A jurisdiction considered to be very low-risk to invest in.

A traditional example would have been Switzerland.

2.

A very low-risk asset or asset class.

Traditional examples would include gold and other precious metals, and central government debt of highly creditworthy countries.

See also

• Capital flight
• Flight to quality
• Gilts
• Jurisdiction
• Haven
• Risk asset
• Risk-free asset
• Risk-off
• Risk-off asset
• Risk-on
• Safe harbour
• Stress
• Tax haven