Bonds, Lame Bonds

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Discussion Prompt:

What would you do if each of your investment choices were returning less money back

than you started with?

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Extend Your Learning

Relevant Resources from NGPF:

• Explainer on the Bond Market (Blog Post)
• Bond Fund Fact Sheet (Fine Print)
• What is a Bond? (Lesson)

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References:

• Who Buys Bonds With A Negative Interest Rate? (NPR)
• The Logic Behind the Bonds That Eat Your Money (Bloomberg)
• The upside-down economy: Some banks want the rich to pay to deposit money

(Washington Post)

• A Danish bank is offering mortgages with negative interest rates — why you shouldn’t

wish for that to happen in the U.S. (MarketWatch)

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