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Bonds when will they be 'normal' again?
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"Return to normalcy, a return to the way of life before World War I"
Are you really looking that far back?0 -
"Return to normalcy, a return to the way of life before World War I"
Are you really looking that far back?
Having a very long term perspective on investment always helps.
My I recommend
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Monetary_History_of_the_United_States
It is an excellent read and a reminder of why the printing of money is just another form of taxation.
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............ and this.Having a very long term perspective on investment always helps.
My I recommend
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Monetary_History_of_the_United_States
It is an excellent read and a reminder of why the printing of money is just another form of taxation.
Anything else I can help you with?0 -
please feel free, although in both references the impact of a low inflationary, benign environment (pre ww1) allowed those with wealth to live off the coupon reciepts of fixed interest.
So arguably both are in fact relevant.
Do you have a view on whether bonds offer good value or when they might?0 -
Can governments afford higher yielding bondage? Wasn't that why we had qe, to keep yield down on governments behalf? If so I imagine hypothetically we'd have qe all the way into double digit inflation.This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0
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MatthewAinsworth wrote: »Can governments afford higher yielding bondage? Wasn't that why we had qe, to keep yield down on governments behalf? If so I imagine hypothetically we'd have qe all the way into double digit inflation.
Yes agreed, I would have liked a period of unwinding the current asset purchases as this would have reduced some of the distributive issues raised by QE, however this has not happened and given rates are rising unlikely to happen.0 -
Oh! I say!MatthewAinsworth wrote: »Can governments afford higher yielding bondage?0
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