Meaning of risk off | Babel Free

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“In bearish markets the best investment idea is to invest all your cash into what are regarded as safe harbour assets or risk off assets by which we mean short duration US government bonds, cash or gold.”

“If any vol strategy is risk off, meaning the rules tell you not to invest, you underinvest; that is, you do not reallocate the risk to the remaining strategies.”

“For example, the markets transitioned from a risk on period during the equity rally of the late 1990s to a risk off regime when the tech bubble burst and a mild recession occurred from 2000 to 2002.”

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