Showing posts with label government bonds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label government bonds. Show all posts
Saturday, April 21, 2012

Quote of the Day: Government Bonds as Instruments for Financial Repression

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Fact: every dollar that goes into government debt is not going into the private sector. This is a major problem today. The U.S. governmen...
Thursday, April 12, 2012

The Myth of ‘Safe Assets’

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The IMF is concerned about the potential shortage of supply of “safe assets” Writes the Wall Street Journal Blog Worries about nation...
Saturday, February 18, 2012

$6 Trillion worth of Fake US bonds Seized by Italian Police

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From Reuters Italian police said on Friday they had seized about $6 trillion worth of fake U.S. Treasury bonds and other securities in ...
Thursday, December 08, 2011

Burton Malkiel: Why Developed Economy Government Bondholders will Lose Money

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At the Wall Street Journal , Professor Burton Malkiel, author of the classic finance book "A Random Walk Down Wall Street", argue...
Saturday, November 19, 2011

Will Gold Backed Bonds Play a Role in the Euro Debt Crisis?

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From the Guardian.co.uk A solution to the eurozone crisis is staring European leaders in the face. Remarkably, they have failed to cons...
Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Third Week for ECB’s QE: 6.7 billion Euros

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Last week accounted for the third week where the European Central Bank’s (ECB) Quantitative Easing (QE) has been in action. This from Reut...
Saturday, August 06, 2011

NO Such Thing as Risk Free: S&P Downgrades US

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The United States has lost its coveted top AAA credit rating. Credit rating agency Standard & Poor's on Friday downgraded the...
Wednesday, June 09, 2010

The Myth Of Risk Free Government Bonds

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Bruce Krastings at the Zero Hedge has an interesting story to tell. It's essentially about the sordid fate of Hungary's bearer bonds...