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flight to quality
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Flight to quality
The tendency of investors to move toward safer investments (often government bonds) during periods of high economic uncertainty.
flight to quality
A movement by investors to purchase higher-quality securities. For example, an investor might sell bonds rated lower than BBB and invest the proceeds in bonds rated AA or AAA. A flight to quality occurs when investors expect a deterioration in political stability or in economic activity.


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Treasury prices had soared early on as a fresh slump in the Dow Jones industrial average renewed the flight-to-quality buying of U.
Treasury bond prices end slightly higher by Staff / AP News
AIG's Greenberg himself emphasized the flight-to-quality aspect of AIG's growing businesses in Japan and the rest of the Asia-Pacific region in a speech at the company's annual shareholders meeting (BestWire, May 14, 2003).
AIG boosts its niche in Japan with GE deal. (Highlights from BestWeek) by Pilla, David / Best's Review
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