Topic: Does this say what I think it says?

[Weisshaupt]

A negative Yield Bond?

How the heck would that work?  I don't get it. I give them $10 and at maturity they give me $9?  How is that superior than stuffing that $10 in a mattress?
Or am I misunderstanding the whole deal? If so, can someone explain it in english?
 

[Pandora]

I do not understand any of this stuff -- it's the lingo/terms that baffle me.  Asking the fluent to explain doesn't work either; five sentences in, they lapse back into jargon.

Anyway, by my ignorant reckoning, perhaps this has something to do with it?

And once we get the green light on negative yields at auction, next up will be the push for the Fed to impose negative rates on all standing securities, which means that coming soon savers will be literally paying to hold cash. And that will be the final straw.

P.S.  Weisshaupt, I fixed your link; hope you don't mind.

[Libertas]

Negative cost of captial, dontchya know?  Just do the patriotic thing and bailout your sucky government!

 

[charlesoakwood]

It means, Vote Romney for a possible return to rational piracy under the rule of law
                                                         or
             (and you know negative and floating bonds are the camel's nose)

prepare for a radical transformation in trade, security, and a redefinition of goods and services.

[Libertas]

Let me shorten that for ya CO...

THEFT!

 

[michelleo]

Anyway, by my ignorant reckoning, perhaps this has something to do with it?

And once we get the green light on negative yields at auction, next up will be the push for the Fed to impose negative rates on all standing securities, which means that coming soon savers will be literally paying to hold cash. And that will be the final straw.

Not if it's stuffed in my mattress!!! Or if I've converted it all to gold...... and then stuffed it in my mattress.

[Sectionhand]

Stymienomics .

[Libertas]

You don't want to get Stymied!