Sentences with phrase «as a safe haven currency»

As is the yen, which is typically seen as a safe haven currency and is trading higher against the euro and pound today.

(This has since gone into reverse with the dollar rising as a safe haven currency.)

On the macroscale, the governments use silver as a safe haven currency, meaning that they invest in it and reap the interest from it.

Not exact matches

The Japanese currency has been mostly on the rise against the U.S. dollar as investors look for a safe haven amid fears of a global trade war.

Wall Street stock futures are higher and the dollar at a five - month low, as the Federal Reserve's partial retreat from its rate - hike intentions boosts confidence for the world economic outlook and leads to the unwinding of some of the «safe haven» flows into the U.S. currency over recent months.

«Of course Japan is in the region so there are questions as to is that the one (currency) you want to buy... I still think it probably is in the sense that it has all the characteristics from a safe - haven currency,» Graf said, mentioning a fair value in the currency.

If the peg doesn't hold, and the Swissie becomes not just a safe haven but a strengthening one as as well, investors would likely sell euros against the Swiss franc, intensifying the pressure on the common currency.

The U.S. dollar held steady versus a basket of major currencies as solid company results and fading concerns about a trade war helped keep a lid on safe - haven demand for the greenback.

I can understand the benefits of having a safe haven currency like the traditional Swiss Franc which is divisible and liquid, however claims of Gold being illiqiud and something clumsy that can not be used as currency are false.

Michael Hudson: There are so many currency exchange rate problems that people are buying gold as a safe haven.

People think that if there are rival currency groupings and national currencies are going bust, we might as well use gold as a safe haven.

In such a case, the dollar would no longer be a safe haven and traders could turn towards more resilient currencies such as the British pound and the euro.

The Yen is still on the move, after yesterday's short squeeze in the USD / JPY, as the safe - haven currency regained some of the recently lost ground against its peers.

Oil plunged another 4 percent, while safe - haven government U.S. and German bonds, and the yen and the euro, rallied as widespread fears of a China - led global economic slowdown and currency war kicked in.

They consider a range of arguments for owning gold, such as: (1) gold hedges inflation; (2) gold hedges currency decline; (3) gold is attractive when other assets are not; (4) gold is a safe haven in times of crisis; (5) gold is a de facto world currency; and, (6) central banks and investors in aggregate are still underweighting gold.

There is no clear - cut evidence that the growth in the crypto - currency market has led to stagnation in the prices of precious metals, but looking at the investments pouring into cryptos, especially the heavyweights, one can assume that digital currencies have billed themselves as a safe haven for investors to park their funds, thereby replacing gold, which for decades has been the go - to asset class.

As the global security system unravels — with echoes of 1914 — the premium on the world's safe - haven currency must rise.

Gold is always considered as a safe haven by investors when compared to other investments like stocks, bonds, and currencies.

Oddly, the Japanese yen is seen as a «safe haven currency,» and as such, it strengthened abruptly, hitting the share prices in their export sector where our Funds have notable exposure.

Domino # 2: In a long - term bull market until October 2012, gold has been variously viewed as the «barbarous relic,» the only «true» currency and the ultimate «safe haven» against both currency collapse and runaway inflation....

But you know let's look at the utility value of some of these alternative currencies and I'm including precious metals are the historical safe haven because they have intrinsic value and in the case of silver they have utility value as well.

Whenever the economy suffers and stocks and currencies go down, gold goes up because people turn to gold as a safe haven from economic turmoil (and to combat inflation).

For years, individuals and investors that were concerned with debt, deficits and a weak dollar turned to gold as the ultimate safe haven, but now bitcoin is starting to become the alternative currency.

It's often called a «safe haven» currency but it was rising in January even as the US stock market was soaring... so there's something else in play... any unwinding of the massive short Yen positioning in the futures markets could accelerate the rally.

They then address gold as an investment as follows: portfolio diversification with gold; gold as a safe haven; gold in comparison to other precious metals; relationships between gold and currencies; mining stocks and exchange - traded funds (ETF) as gold substitutes; interaction of gold and oil; gold market efficiency; gold price bubbles, interactions of gold with inflation and interest rates; and, behavioral aspects of gold investing.

Many traders and investors switched to safe haven currencies such as the Japanese yen and Swiss franc in the run up to the referendum, leading to big shifts in the markets.

Yes, I was equally keen on Japanese property a couple of years back, but opted for German property in the end as i) I think it also offers a global / European safe - haven status (which Japanese property doesn't), and ii) I had no need / inclination to hedge it (I think currency hedging a Japanese property position is essential, even now).

And all the more so, given that the Swissy was out of commission as a safe - haven at the time, apparently because SNB Boss - Man Thomas Jordan was cited in a Bloomberg report as saying that even though there was «a certain decline in the franc's overvaluation, the franc remains highly valued» and that «The situation on foreign - exchange markets remains fragile,» which is why the «The SNB isn't thinking about changing its monetary policy» and will continue with its negative rates and its policy of intervening (* cough * currency manipulation * cough *) in the forex market.

Investments in Gold are used as a hedge against inflation and currency devaluation, and as a safe haven against any economic crises.

So, the rest of the world still tends to see the dollar as safe haven - meaning they see other currencies at are more of risk of collapse.

Investors have also come to see the currency as something of a safe haven asset amid geopolitical turmoil — and there's been plenty of that in recent months, in both Europe and the United States.

«Cryptocurrencies are seen as a safe haven asset now from global macroeconomic events such as currency devaluation or even events like the «Brexit».»

During its short existence, crisis situations and geopolitical events have prompted investors to use Bitcoin as a safe - haven currency, or as a foreign exchange hedge.

History reveals that Bitcoin has earned rapid followers in countries plagued with inflation and currency devaluation since it acts as a safe haven of financial holdings.

Particularly, casual, professional, and institutional investors are beginning to adopt bitcoin as a safe haven asset, digital currency, and a store of value.

The demand and optimism toward Bitcoin as both a long - term safe haven asset and digital currency are rapidly rising across the world.

Based on the adoption of Bitcoin as a safe haven asset and a digital currency, Keiser's $ 5,000 to $ 10,000 predictions are realistic.

Institutional and retail investors have just started to invest in bitcoin and acknowledge it as a digital currency, a safe haven asset, and a robust store of value.

As Bitcoin powered ahead to a new high for a second week in a row, some have speculated that institutional investors could seek safe haven in the virtual currency in the future.

In the long - term, as cryptocurrencies mature and evolve into a major asset class, Pandl noted that digital currencies like bitcoin will pose lower returns but demonstrate a high level of stability, like gold and other safe haven assets.

What's more, mass - market interest in the currency is on the rise as people seek safe - haven investments beyond precious metals.

Because of bitcoin's decentralized nature, bitcoin has long been considered as a safe haven asset, with many investors describing the digital currency as «digital gold.»

The upside for Bitcoin is as the greater global economy continues to spiral downward, and a growing number of nations begin a war on cash, as Middleton said earlier, people will slowly discover Bitcoin to be a valuable alternative, either as a currency or as an economic «safe haven.»

TOKYO (Reuters)-- The dollar held steady against the yen on Thursday after recovering against the safe - haven Japanese currency as stocks bounced back from a sell - off triggered by an escalating U.S.

Today, due to concerns about the devaluation of fiat currency, and given gold's track record as an investment «safe haven,» investors are once again turning to gold.

So the dollar has gained value relative to most global currencies as a «safe haven» for wealth.

While much of that money may initially be parked in more liquid assets like US Treasury bonds and safe - haven currencies such as the Swiss franc, there is growing evidence that foreign property sales may receive a boost.