What Is a Flight to Safety?
A flight to safety is a rush out of risky assets into safe havens during fear. It is one of the
clearest expressions of market panic.
1
Risk-off rush
Investors dump risky assets in fear.
2
Into safe havens
Cash, gold, US Treasuries and the dollar.
3
Fear signal
It marks spikes of Extreme Fear.
Source: CFGI
Markets