Cash and gold protect investors against falling equity prices
Physical commodities are used to spread portfolio risk as some move in different directions to the market
02 June 2021 - 17:38
Market prices pulled back in March 2020 to 2008 global financial crisis levels because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The equity sell-off left investors searching for safe havens during extreme bouts of market volatility.
Two asset classes play significant roles when a market event occurs: cash instruments and certain commodities tend to provide investors with a potential shield to falling equity prices...
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