Safe haven? So why it is falling now. It is said that a lot of people are looking at gold as a safe haven but there are those professionals that says gold is not reliable and still risky. Well, this may be because of the corona outbreak but still, for me it is not a safe haven. If there is one safe haven asset, I guess a lot of people would just invest there.
What is meant by safe haven is relatively stable, not gold prices that always go up, but what is meant is that the price of gold is relatively stable. Usually, if the economy improves, the stock and currency markets become more excited, this makes investors hunt for superior stocks and currencies that are very interested in the world, namely the USD. This has the effect of weakening the price of gold because many investors sell gold to buy leading stocks and currencies. Many investors also build and realize businesses in the real sector.
The current condition at the beginning of the coronavirus epidemic the price of gold had dropped because many investors diverted their investment to the service sector and the health industry. But along with the coronavirus outbreak with all its uncertainty, the price of gold has increased because investors have avoided the increased risk of spreading the coronavirus outside of China. Global Pandemic Coronavirus makes the market depressed.