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But... if I own a US Treasury bond... then I own it! Even if the broker goes belly-up, I still own the bond, right?

A brokerage is charged with cooking the books, and goes belly-up. They're insolvent. What happens to the holdings of their customers? I'd imagine that there are different rules for different brokerages, but a few examples: 1. A USD100k in a US Treasury bond 2. 200 shares of IBM 3. Options 4...

Eurodollar futures are not my game, but I’d imagine that their risk is greater than a US T-bond. What are their key risks? How can you lose?

One thought is to buy a existentially risk-free 6mo bond at 5% and collect a sweet 2.5% in October.

I learned :)

Look at the big belly on this yield curve. Mmmm mm mmmm…. My kind of market.

Thanks… just trying to give you another option. It took me a long time and a lot of pain and loss to figure this out.

Not sure if your question is limited to the equities markets, but I ladder bonds and hold to maturity. With the inverted yield curve short-term bonds have been great. I'm averaging about 6% (including compounding) and haven't lost a penny in years. I'm quick to reinvest coupons and payouts to...

Near-term US Treasury bonds. They’re existentially risk-free, and paying a decent (4.7%) rate right now. To get a fill for smaller amounts (less than USD10M) you might have to cross the spread, sweeten the deal, and go a few points deeper into the book. For example, say you’re buying USD100k...

It would be foolish to sell and buy another bond of the same type. I'd take my profits and move the dollars to a different market at a better rate. First I'd look for other deals in the bond market. Then consider a CD, money market, muni, corporate... or even bitcoin XD

I'm thinking a +$512 move in the sale price of the bond in the secondary market. Say the prevailing rate drops to 4%, and my bond is now worth an extra $512.

That’s beside the point; furthermore, I have no idea what rates will do. Very simple example: I purchase a 1Y T note with a 5% yield for $10000. I expect to be paid a total of $500. The next day, I get lucky. The market price moves, and my bond is now worth $10,512. I should sell, because...

Brethren: is there a calculator that tells me if it makes sense to sell a bond? Example: Lets say my buddy Simon bought a US-T note last month at 6%. It has appreciated 1% in the last 30 days, which would be 12% annualized (I think). What is the right move? Should Simon take profits, sell...

I didn’t buy it. I’m laddering T bonds with near-term maturities. I took the essentially-practically-almost-certainly risk-free US Treasury issues. :) i actually took your advice (thank you). Those Corporates carry a bit too much risk, and I don’t want to deal with them being called. I might...

I have more than an iota, but am still learning.

1. 037833DP2? 2. Also, I'm talking about the posted short-term (3, 6, 9mo) rates from Schwab in the screenie above. 3. How did you arrive at 11%?

Short-term: 3, 6, 9mo

Downgrade US Treasuries??? You must be smokin' some good stuff! The US Dollar, Currency, and Treasuries are as good as it gets for a store of value in this world.

Heya folks, Find below screenies of bond rates from two different brokers. In the first screenie, they make no sense to me at all. Specifically, in the first, why is the yield for Corp AAA and even AA bonds priced below Treasury rates? We all know that T bonds, backed by the full faith and...

They're too big to fail. Letting JP Morgan go under is tantamount to allowing the US Dollar being replaced by bitcoin.