@inductivemacro Does anybody actually buy a negative yield bond? Why not just hold cash or USD or buy another country's bond?
The majority of Japan's bonds have negative yields. Unreal. Why would anybody buy a bond with a negative yield? http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-03-27/japan-seen-stuck-with-negative-yields-on-70-of-bonds-for-2016 …
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@hadip if you think bond prices will continue to rise, ie yield will continue to drop. make money from trading them to offset neg yield. -
@LudditeTechie that sounds like "can I borrow $10 and give you back $9? I'm sure you can trade it to somebody for a better deal" :-) - Show replies
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@inductivemacro thank you for helping me wrap my mind around this madness :-)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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