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Nobody is holding these for

NCD — Fri, 15 Jul 2016 00:47:28 +0000

In reply to Lend to Switzerland for 42 years, pay THEM 8.2%. wait, what??

Nobody is holding these for 42 years. Like all other finance stuff they hope to sell when the yield sinks even lower, and nominal price goes up, which might happen in a stock market collapse.

Yep. World is starved for

Michael Maiello — Fri, 15 Jul 2016 00:23:34 +0000

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Yep. World is starved for high quality government credits. More than $11 trillion in sovereigns pay negative interest rates. Not negative after inflation, but flat out nominally negative. The US should issue a 100 year bond now.

http://www.slate.com/articles

jollyroger — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 23:13:24 +0000

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http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/slate_money.html Felux Salmon: Be afraid...

Correction: .2%/ yr x 42

jollyroger — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 23:02:01 +0000

In reply to Lend to Switzerland for 42 years, pay THEM 8.2%. wait, what??

Correction: .2%/ yr x 42 years, 8.4% total. Shit. Lets go into the safe business..