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afiori
on March 13, 2023
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Joint statement by the Department of the Treasury,...
I feel like treasury bonds (of your own government) have different risk profiles than most other investments.
runeks
on March 13, 2023
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They still have duration risk.
afiori
on March 15, 2023
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At the time of writing this comment I did not know that having funds stuck in long term bonds was a major factor in the collapse.
I was biased to assume insolvency rather than illiquidity.
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