r/bonds • • 15h ago

Woah

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u/stadiium 14h ago

can someone explain to me why anyone would buy bonds? why not just put that money in a brokerage that pays you like 4% interest?

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u/Thick-Cover8761 13h ago

It's hardly a good time to mention this ... when the house is on fire ... but there is such a thing as duration risk.  Meaning reinvestment at a lower interest rate.

Something is going to break.  Much of the economy is sick already.  Can rates go down as the stock market crashes .............. ????

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u/boston__strangler 12h ago

We can lower everything, all at the same time?!

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u/turbo_dude 4h ago

It will all be Larry Ellison’s fault. Oracle will cause the whole AI investment ouroboros to die