Bitcoin a Safe Haven as Global Equities and Commodities Tumble
On the first week of trading in 2016, U.S. and European markets have fallen markedly. Britain has undergone its worst trading start to the new year in 16 years. China, with a long history of command-and-control economics, has enjoyed recent literature about its more laissez-faire ways, but in times of crisis, the government institutes regulations in....
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Here's what impact the Brexit poll has had on the bitcoin price, and how we are going to respond to the vote from a trading perspective. So it looks as though the UK is set to leave the European Union, after its people voted in a slim, but important, majority on the side of the leave campaign. We have said a few times that bitcoin might play a part as a safe haven asset. On a few occasions over the past couple of years, this has proven accurate. Price has gained a global economic uncertainty pushes people to transfer value from one asset, a riskier one, to another, a safer one.....
Global investment bank Goldman Sachs has urged investors to buy commodities now and worry about a recession later. The firm’s analysts see commodities as “the best asset class to own during a late-cycle phase where demand remains above supply.” Meanwhile, “equities could suffer as inflation stays elevated and the Fed is more likely to surprise on the hawkish side,” Goldman noted. Goldman Sachs’ Recommendation: Buy Commodities Now Global investment bank Goldman Sachs has recommended investors buy commodities. In a note titled “Buy commodities....
There has been a lot of talk about investors looking to Bitcoin as a safe haven for their investment portfolio. Safe haven markets are very small and hard to get into. Bitcoin may not fit that bill as perfectly as some people think it does. Now that the Brexit doom scenario has happened, there is a lot of uncertainty across the markets. Gold is surging,....
Bitcoin has been trading in close tandem with equities throughout the past several days Heightened correlation to risk-on assets is a common BTC trait during times of immense global turbulence Although this strikes a blow to its safe-haven narrative, the cryptocurrency still has a long way to go before it fully decouples with the traditional markets This global economic turbulence that is weighing on Bitcoin may only get worse as the year drags on and […]
The relative stability of Bitcoin during periods of geopolitical uncertainties has allowed the digital currency to be considered by investors as a safe haven for the preservation of their wealth. Two major events in 2016 that quickly come to mind when considering the geopolitical risks borne by holders of fiat currencies, stocks, commodities and other financial elements are Brexit and the US elections. The fallout from these events saw the nations’ currencies and stocks plummet within very short periods of time. Safety first. One of the most critical factors that investors consider is the....