Bonds

[cottonpicken]

U S bond auction-yield 0.000%.

[Hopperbin]

Are the bond buyers related to the CWB supporters??????

[rockpile]

Naw - theys sharp open marketers who grasp
opportunity where Board types just don't see it!

[TOM4CWB]

C.P.;

"Actually, the debt service costs are one reason that the Fed must keep rates as low as it can. The Treasury cannot afford to pay sky high rates right now – just like Japan.

And if one does a linear regression of 30 year rates from the 1981 peak to present, there is a pretty consistent (R^2 ~0.8) drop of about 0.25% per year, smoothing out the short term fluctuations. If this trend continues, 30 year rates should approach zero around 2020. Once that happens, the trend MUST reverse, and rates have to go up."

"the trend MUST reverse, and rates have to go up."

Perhaps we can inverse the rates and work ourselves down.

If we enter a deflationary period... it may be a better investment than the alternative.

Isn't that what a capital tax would do?

Or a tax on owning gold?

Who thinks we will go in this direction???

Cheers,

Just like the CWB contingency fund... negative numbers are possible!