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" :-)
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@hadip if big institution, deflationary economy & sliding currency; paying 10.01 toget 10 might be best deal. later 10.02 might be best deal -
@hadip big institution cant stick money in mattress, domestic investing or capital spending in deflationary econ also potential negative ROI
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