Comments on: America’s new love affair with Treasury bonds

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:53:34 +0000

Gee, maybe the American public is smarter than most think. Real yields on the 10-year are at a 16-year high. We can sell them to the “experts” for a tidy capital gain when the yield hits 1% and the S&P is sitting at 575.

And yes, American savers will finance our debt just like the Japanese have. Not busting up Citi, BofA and GS gives them no other choice.

By: Simon

Simon — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:38:03 +0000

Call me old-fashioned, fussy, pernickety, or whatever you please.
I find it very disappointing, pathetic actually, that a journalist posting on the Reuters website can’t write English. There is a difference between it’s and its. The former means it is and the latter is the possessive form of it. It is unprofessional and detracts from what is otherwise an interesting post.

By: Pat Duggan

Pat Duggan — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:01:51 +0000

Average investors do not understand how they will lose money buying low yield treasuries either by not holding them to maturity or having their returns eroded by inflation.

Everyone is looking for something safe. Treasuries were the one safe haven last year so money is flowing there just as they chase the hot money manager who is about to cool off.

For 25 years you could blindly make money in stocks, bonds and real estate-now they are all dicey at best.