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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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