The post from semperfrosty that started the whole thing specifically talks about an alternative Store-of-Value for the bond investors
According to all the bond experts, there has been a bubble in bond for many years, but when it popped, the ET bond apologists say it is hindsight
The words bubble and risk-free are contradictory
The ET bond apologists would explain that if you purchased a US 10yr treasury with 50 basis points in 2020 that there is no loss as long as you hold to maturity
Then why is there a secondary market for it?
It seems like a very bad investment, 50 basis points per year for 10 years but the current US 10yr treasury will give you more than 8x interest comparatively speaking
With inflation so high, it was and is one of the worst investments to have your money locked in for the next 5.5 years
But the bond apologists will say you will get your money back $100k in 5.5 years, just do not take a loss and sell it now
If a bond investor is looking to put $100k today in a newly-issued 10yr treasury with an interest rate of 4.30%, how safe would that be?
Clearly it is not risk-free as the Fed promised rate-cuts with none delivered so far, what if inflation starts to go up again and the Fed is forced to raise interest rate instead of cutting
Would that be hindsight?
No, it means there is a risk and ET bond apologists calling government bonds as risk-free are lying
Investors will figure it out. The $130 Trillion of money invested in bonds will figure it out. There is no risk-free investment
On a related note, MSTR has issued convertible notes 3 times in the last 5 months and they have been
oversubscribed every single time even though the interest rate is less than 1% and much lower than US Treasuries
ET bond apologists take note