Geopolitical premium returns to safe-haven assets
A renewed cluster of regional tensions has pushed volatility measures higher and rekindled the safe-haven bid.
A renewed cluster of geopolitical tensions has pushed cross-asset volatility measures higher and reintroduced a safe-haven premium into gold and the Swiss franc.
Why gold and not just bonds
In prior decades, Treasuries absorbed most of the safe-haven bid. Since 2022, that role has partially rotated to gold — a reflection of concerns about sovereign duration, debt trajectories, and the politicization of reserve assets.
Tactical read
Geopolitical bids are typically fast and mean-reverting. Structural bids — from central banks and reserve diversification — are the ones that compound over years. Investors should not confuse the two.
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