@mrman they'll lose value bc once you buy a bond you're locked into that rate for X-amount of time, when the interest rate rises the bond you bought is worth less because there are people buying bonds at a higher rate and you're making less than those people with the money you tied-up in your lower rate bond, IMO they pay shit anyway considering you're loaning money to the gov't
@mrman More inflation, more QE, higher interest rates and firing-off the money cannons once again! How can you make this work for you? Joe Brown on his excellent channel Heresy Financial looks to answer this repeated conundrum (16mins)
@mrman he's really good, as well as IMO SmartMoneyBro for personal finance and Lena Petrova who's a CPA regarding world events corresponding to likewise
@nsf001@mrman there's a difference between trading and investing, plus you and everyone else have this ability from anywhere on the planet with a smartphone
Didnc[ t read any of these posts, just dropping in to say that people who "earn" a living by moving numbers around on a screen ("investing") shoukd have a violent and ignominious end. Farewell.