Safe haven
A place of refuge for investors, either related to – a specific currency, such as the USD, CHF or the EUR), – a specific country, or – specific securities, such as indexed bonds or government bonds. – An asset that retains its value even in times of crisis, such as gold (any asset that loses none or little of its value in case of a market crash). – See bond, index-linked, appreciation pressure, cash control, Condor bond, euro flight, financial island, flight money, investment, safe, money home, money, hot, gnomes of Zurich, institution, capital flow paradox, safe haven flows, spillover effect, swap, inflation-indexed. – Cf. Bundesbank Monthly Report of October 2006, p. 37 (pull to government bonds after financial market dislocations), Bundesbank Monthly Report of July 2010, p. 43, p. 56 (the CHF as a safe haven during the financial crisis), p. 48 f. (the USD as a safe haven during the financial crisis), Bundesbank Monthly Report of October 2010, pp. 32 f. (yields on German Bunds under the influence of safe haven decisions by investors; overview; references), ECB Monthly Bulletin of October 2011, pp. 19 f. (problems of the CHF as a safe haven), Deutsche Bundesbank Monthly Bulletin of July 2014, pp. 19 ff. (safe haven money flows; definitions; references; overviews).
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