Why not just keep cash instead of investing in negative rate yielding bonds?

economicsjunkie · Post by **economicsjunkie** » Tue Mar 15, 2016 1:22 pm

This post has some nice illustrations to answer this question:

http://mishtalk.com/2016/03/15/reader-a ... e-returns/

Kriegsspiel · Post by **Kriegsspiel** » Tue Mar 15, 2016 3:08 pm

Individual Europeans could still buy some gold, if they were reaching for yield. It'd be like 1,000 times less voluminous.

economicsjunkie · Post by **economicsjunkie** » Tue Mar 15, 2016 4:48 pm

Kriegsspiel wrote: Individual Europeans could still buy some gold, if they were reaching for yield. It'd be like 1,000 times less voluminous.

Which is probably happening as well.

Tortoise · Post by **Tortoise** » Tue Mar 15, 2016 6:29 pm

This is why I love being a PP investor. Nonsense like negative interest rates doesn't bother me much, because my portfolio is encased in solid gold. Shit happens, and I'm covered.

Kbg · Post by **Kbg** » Wed Mar 30, 2016 12:21 am

TLT doing it's job again for the conditions we are in vice the one's people worry about being in...YTD +8.8%.

Post by **dualstow** » Wed Mar 30, 2016 6:55 am

Tortoise wrote: Shit happens, and I'm covered.

What a funny image that conjures up!

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