Haven assets in demand after day of heated rhetoric on North Korea and nukes

Haven assets in demand after day of heated rhetoric on North Korea and nukes

Not surprisingly haven assets such as gold and the Japanese yen are up today. So are volatility measures such as the CBOE S&P 500 Volatility Index (VIX.) Surprisingly, the rush to safety hasn’t been as strong as you might expect after a day when U.S.President Donald Trump threatened North Korea with fire and fury and that country responded by threatening to nuke Guam.

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