无疑,黄金和白银目前的表现并不像是避险天堂。
而在10月19日黑色星期一,股市突然直线下跌时,投资人纷纷抛售股票,同时为资金寻求避险天堂,此时,黄金暴涨至481美元。
When the stock market dropped precipitously on (Black) Monday October 19, gold initially rose to $481.00, as investors sold stocks and searched for a 'safe haven.'
美国国库债券是资产的安全避险天堂,这是教科书般的定义。 在历史上,除贵金属之外,它也是你可以买到的最没有风险的资产之一。
U.S. Treasury bills are the textbook definition of a safe haven asset, historically one of the most risk-free assets you can buy next to precious metals.
若是按照避险天堂的标准,日本可能是个糟糕的选择。然而身处危机四伏的金融时代中,这个原地踏步的经济体却宣告现在有了别的选择。
As safe havens go, Japan would seem to be a poor choice. In a sign of troubled financial times, however, this go-nowhere economy is trumping the alternatives.
今年9月,对欧洲财政危机的担忧引发投资者争相重新买入美元,他们认为,短暂来看,美元作为避险天堂的安全性要比其它一些替代投资品高。
In September, worries about Europe's fiscal crisis sparked a rush back to the dollar, which investors viewed as a temporarily safer haven than some alternatives.
广义来说,它意味着当美元走弱时,资本会寻找硬资产作为避险天堂,他们会投向非生产性资产,比如黄金、石油、艺术品和地产,黄金的价格会因此飙升。
Broadly it means that when the dollar weakens such that the price of gold spikes, what is limited capital seeks safe-haven in hard, unproductive assets like gold, oil, art and property.
他放弃的不仅是1.6%的收益率,还有强生股票的AAA信用评级及日后的上升空间,而去购买所谓的“避险天堂”、信誉仍在不断丧失的AA+级的美国国债。
He was giving up 1.6% in yield, plus upside equity in a AAA-rated credit for the 'safe haven' of an ever-eroding AA-plus piece of government paper.
他放弃的不仅是1.6%的收益率,还有强生股票的AAA信用评级及日后的上升空间,而去购买所谓的“避险天堂”、信誉仍在不断丧失的AA+级的美国国债。
He was giving up 1.6% in yield, plus upside equity in a AAA-rated credit for the 'safe haven' of an ever-eroding AA-plus piece of government paper.
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