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Comments on: Unexpected By Whom? https://whynow.dumka.us/2010/11/01/unexpected-by-whom/ On-line Opinion Magazine...OK, it's a blog Tue, 02 Nov 2010 20:31:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Bryan https://whynow.dumka.us/2010/11/01/unexpected-by-whom/comment-page-1/#comment-53881 Tue, 02 Nov 2010 20:31:45 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=17671#comment-53881 They must be the phantom bond vigilantes who don’t seem to have read the script.

At this point the old savings bonds are looking better than most CDs.

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By: Badtux https://whynow.dumka.us/2010/11/01/unexpected-by-whom/comment-page-1/#comment-53876 Tue, 02 Nov 2010 06:55:14 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=17671#comment-53876 Bryan, last week the Treasury sold bonds at *LITERALLY* negative rates — as in, bond-buyers were paying $120 for bonds with $100 face value upon maturation. That is… bizarre, even for TIPS bonds, which are the red-headed stepchild of Treasuries, with little secondary market and little interest from serious investors (who prefer to buy regular Treasuries at sufficient discount to deal with future inflation, rather than TIPS bonds that sell at a premium compared to regular Treasuries such that the yield is typically at least 10% less). But still. The mind boggles. Deflation, indeed…

– Badtux the Depression Penguin

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