How are safe-haven assets performing amid market turmoil triggered by tech, energy, and the French crisis?

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20/10/2026
Zhito Finance APP has learned that demand for safe-haven assets is strong as AI anxiety weighs on tech stocks, the Iran war continues and keeps energy prices elevated, and lingering concerns over high government debt persist. However, traditional safe-haven assets have not performed as expected this year: gold came under selling pressure after the Iran war beganinvestors, facing losses in other assets, turned to selling their best-performing assets to raise cash; government bonds, once regarded as one of the safest asset classes globally, have also been highly volatile.