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In response to
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At one point today. the yield on 10 year Italian bonds was at 6.66%
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by
Brian
Me dumb. Explain to me why, when a country is about to default, bonds become popular. -- nm
Posted by
Mop on Macbook Air (aka rburriel)
Nov 7 '11, 14:30
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The interest rate is not determined by popularity. It's not like a stock price. -- nm
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mara
Nov 7, 14:36
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The yield is determined by the markets, as explained below. -- nm
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psilotum
Nov 7, 15:09
It's the opposite of popular. Risk is so high that the yield has to increase in order to attract buyers. -- nm
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pmb
Nov 7, 14:35
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Ah. I see. We need you to buy our bonds so we can build roads. Don't want to buy them? What if we promised 10% return? 15%? 20%?
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Mop on Macbook Air
Nov 7, 14:41
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Sort of. This is really sales of the already outstanding bonds among traders I believe. So people are selling them at growing discounts that
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pmb
Nov 7, 14:45
think about the bankruptcy auction when all those works of art are sold off -- nm
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zeitgeist
Nov 7, 14:32
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