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Re:Netflix's Junk Bonds Explain How We Are in a Corporate De... by meesterdude on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @01:46AM (#22233050)
Not sure why you think bonds are assets because they are not. Investment 101 stuff right there.
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Re:Netflix's Junk Bonds Explain How We Are in a Corporate De... by cyraxjoe on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @02:55AM (#22233343)
Bond -> Financial Security -> Financial Asset -> "non-physical asset whose value is derived from a contractual claim". More details at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_asset
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Re:Netflix's Junk Bonds Explain How We Are in a Corporate De... by raxxorrax on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @04:21AM (#22233740)
Theoretically... If I lend you 5 bucks, I don't really see it as an asset. I believe to call it what it is becomes even more important if we talk about asset bubbles...
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Re:Netflix's Junk Bonds Explain How We Are in a Corporate De... by kortilla on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @04:32AM (#22233800)
It’s debt owed to you. It can be sold off. It’s definitely an asset.
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Re:Netflix's Junk Bonds Explain How We Are in a Corporate De... by raxxorrax on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @06:03AM (#22234275)
Maybe, but certainly there is a distinction between that and me keeping the 5 bucks?
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Re:Netflix's Junk Bonds Explain How We Are in a Corporate De... by nopenotthatway on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @06:33AM (#22234441)
Risk and return and depreciation.
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Re:Netflix's Junk Bonds Explain How We Are in a Corporate De... by raxxorrax on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @06:51AM (#22234545)
True, but then it makes no sense to group them. Because one kind of asset can form bubbles much more likely and frequently.
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Re:Netflix's Junk Bonds Explain How We Are in a Corporate De... by kortilla on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @01:47PM (#22239398)
You still group them. All assets have risk, return, and (possible) depreciation.
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Re:Netflix's Junk Bonds Explain How We Are in a Corporate De... by retube on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @07:26AM (#22234755)
A bond is an asset, just as shares are, as they are securities you can buy in exchange for future cash flows (contractual in the case of the bond, discretionary for the share). Both are only a liability for the issuer.
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Re:Netflix's Junk Bonds Explain How We Are in a Corporate De... by krit_dms on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @02:54AM (#22233338)
right... Informs us all then - what is it? a liability?
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Re:Netflix's Junk Bonds Explain How We Are in a Corporate De... by kgwgk on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @03:03AM (#22233381)
It is a liability for the issuer :-)
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