hazellend
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Post by hazellend on Aug 3, 2017 18:16:01 GMT
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Post by jonah on Aug 3, 2017 18:59:57 GMT
The last paragraph is very true.
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Post by europeanwizard on Aug 5, 2017 14:30:54 GMT
As I understand it, the government bonds market is devoid of any yield at the moment. Short ones are in negative yield territory, in Europe at least.
I think this is creating a dangerous situation where you have investors "chasing yield", i.e. taking larger and larger risks for a tiny sliver of extra yield. I'm sticking to my rule: only 5% of my money is play money, and can be invested in the somewhat riskier stuff. For the bulk, I'm sticking to a very conservative strategy of gold, bonds, ETFs and CDs.
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Post by hazellend on Aug 5, 2017 15:43:00 GMT
As I understand it, the government bonds market is devoid of any yield at the moment. Short ones are in negative yield territory, in Europe at least. I think this is creating a dangerous situation where you have investors "chasing yield", i.e. taking larger and larger risks for a tiny sliver of extra yield. I'm sticking to my rule: only 5% of my money is play money, and can be invested in the somewhat riskier stuff. For the bulk, I'm sticking to a very conservative strategy of gold, bonds, ETFs and CDs. What is a CD?
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Post by registerme on Aug 5, 2017 15:52:24 GMT
Probably a Certificate of Deposit.
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Post by nellerdk on Aug 6, 2017 10:14:11 GMT
If you want exposure to emerging market government bonds, buy a whole index. Just buying Iraqi bonds seems highly risky to me.
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