Like stocks and commodities, cryptocurrencies are highly speculative and risky assets, while investors always rush towards safe - haven assets such as gold and
bonds during the period of high volatility.
Not exact matches
Even with low interest rates,
bonds and preferred shares also protect the portfolio
during periods of higher equity
volatility.
Long - term
bonds saw the worst returns
during these
periods, which makes sense given their
higher duration (thus
higher volatility and magnitude
of loss).
Municipal
bonds have delivered
higher returns and lower
volatility than Treasuries
of comparable maturities
during the three most recent
periods of rising rates.