CoachA flight to quality is a shift of investors out of risky assets into those perceived as safest, typically raising the prices of government bonds while other assets fall. A correlation breakdown is a sudden change in the correlations between assets in a stress, usually towards one as forced selling moves them together, which invalidates hedges and risk estimates calibrated in calm.
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What is Flight to quality, correlation breakdown?
Also known as: flight to quality · correlation breakdown