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bucolic_frolic

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21. It's a question that touches several areas

Mon Jan 1, 2018, 04:57 PM

Jan 2018

Will foreign investors be less likely to invest in US debt? Perhaps, on the margin.

What could the government do if there were a calamity, or a currency war? Look to South America for clues.
Capital controls, redemption limits, export controls, currency devaluation. Some of these things impact the value of the
US dollar relative to foreign currencies.

I saw a guru recommend a US dollar ETF as a place to park liquidity, this was about March 2017. He recommended
UUP, a bullish US dollar fund. Check the chart, it's down about 8% for the year last I looked. We are now stimulating a full employment economy as if inflation is impossible. Sure things are never sure things. Not in 2018.

Nothing is safe anymore, not rock solid in the way we knew 20 years ago. Everythiing floats, and risk management
is paramount. This is what real-time data, Wall Street, and hedge funds have done to our financial system.

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Question about T-Bills [View all] pangaia Dec 2017 OP

they are safe unless these assholes start defaulting on US debt. lapfog_1 Dec 2017 #1

THAT and something like it is my concern... pangaia Dec 2017 #2

Not an investment adviser, but if T-Bills or other treasury securities go south, we are all screwed. Hoyt Dec 2017 #3

Thanks Hoyt, pangaia Dec 2017 #4

I'm still working, but as soon as I sell my house and down-size (from something that wasn't that big Hoyt Dec 2017 #6

I had to take a peek at the treasury bill / bond yields ... progree Dec 2017 #5

Thanks progree.. pangaia Dec 2017 #7

One other things come to mind -- the bonds of a sane developed country progree Dec 2017 #8

I never thought of foreign markets.. I'll do a little research thanks.. pangaia Dec 2017 #9

Fidelity has 88 different international bond funds A HERETIC I AM Dec 2017 #15

I was in PONDX for the last few years, not international but... pangaia Dec 2017 #17

Bond fund prices usually do not fluctuate all that much. A HERETIC I AM Dec 2017 #19

Thank you... pangaia Dec 2017 #20

Safe, but horrible rate of return Kilgore Dec 2017 #10

You know that you don't get that 1.48% for the 6 months, right? A HERETIC I AM Dec 2017 #12

Right. But safe is what I need. I can not lose it. pangaia Dec 2017 #13

You don't have anything to worry about. A HERETIC I AM Dec 2017 #11

Thanks Heretic. pangaia Dec 2017 #14

My pleasure. A HERETIC I AM Dec 2017 #16

And the wind off your port quarter.... pangaia Dec 2017 #18

It's a question that touches several areas bucolic_frolic Jan 2018 #21