risk off

A form of risk-off — A mode of investment behavior in which investors shift high-risk investments to low-risk investments.

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Meanings

nounrisk off (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of risk-off.

    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.

    2013, Chiente Hsu, Rule Based Investing, →ISBN
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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.

    2012, David Stevenson, FT Guide to Exchange Traded Funds and Index Funds, →ISBN

    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.

    2016, Edward E. Qian, Risk Parity Fundamentals, →ISBN, page 80
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