As the stock market stumbles into the year’s final stretch and investors brace for another dose of interest rate uncertainty, a big question is resurfacing: When markets fracture, what’s the optimal safe haven?
Two high-profile alternative investment options come to mind.
Gold has reclaimed its shine as prices flirt with $4,000 an ounce, while Bitcoin, fresh off a run back above $100,000, is testing whether digital scarcity can outshine the world’s oldest hedge. Both have moved in opposite directions at times, and they’re telling a deeper story about where anxious investors are parking their portfolio cash when the traditional stock market playbook stops working.
Industry data confirms growing agitation on Wall Street. A new study from Charles Schwab notes that while most traders remain bullish on stocks, 67% also say the market is overvalued (up 10 points from three months ago). Another 57% say that stagflation, the dreaded…
