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Re:Germany for First Time Sells 30-Year Bonds Offering Negat... by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @03:26PM (#20760682)
> I still don't understand negative yields

Safe assets sell a service: they’re a safe place to put your money. For this service, you pay a fee. There are other places to put your money, from cash to money market accounts to listed equities, but they aren’t safe. (They compensate for this unsafeness by promising you a return.)

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Re:Germany for First Time Sells 30-Year Bonds Offering Negat... by teambayleaf on Friday August 23, 2019 @06:44AM (#20776176)
Why not just putting aside that cash pile? I don't get why you want to exchange it with securities and pay negative yields.
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