Risk On
a.k.a. Risk-on
A market mood where optimism dominates and money flows into riskier, higher-returning assets.
In plain English
A market mood where optimism dominates and money flows into riskier, higher-returning assets.
Risk on means investors feel brave. Stocks rally, high-yielding and commodity currencies like the Australian dollar and Kiwi climb, and safe havens like the yen lose some appeal.
It is usually fed by strong growth data, easy central banks or relief after a scare. Its opposite is risk off.
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