What happened with the war bonds issued by the US govt during WW2?
What happened with the war bonds issued by the US govt during WW2?
Were the millions of working people who bought these ripped off or was it a good deal?
Did they get paid back? If so, was it at a good rate or were they ripped off by inflation?
What was the final outcome?
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Why did a Republican administration decide to use federal power and cash to rescue the banking system and the ?
the Democratic House and Senate agree to pass it?
Due April 12,
And what about inflation, which is surely the next risk? How do you stop inflation with more inflation?
I keep hearing that the alternatives are much worse, yet I have not seen clear evidence that they will, in fact, be much worse, in [...]
What return on my investment should I expect from my rental house?
I’m selling my rental house next year and am trying to calculate what the sale price should be. What percentage profit should I expect to make from my original investment (say %100,000)? Inflation seems to have been about 2.9% over the 10 years of ownership. Because of the area it is [...]
is justly limiting fortunes taking from nonearners & giving to back to earners?
clearly there are many wideopen legal thefts in the economy – as well as the illegal thefts – eg, buy land, others build city, landowners gets paid – eg, inflation an unjust tax – stockmarket reflects national infrastructure growth [created by every worker], & only stockholders get the gain
clearly the incomes & fortunes are not [...]
What do bonds do for the United States?
Beside the personal gain, what does buying a bond do to help the country? If another country were to buy bonds from us, how would that help us? How would it affect inflation?
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Is the United States Government, particularly the Federal Reserve reducing profits to Bonds and Bond funds?
By offering bailouts to Investment Houses, Mortgage Companies and corporations in trouble, so that they do not have to convert convertible bonds for at least 6 months? Meanwhile, these corporations can invest their borrowed money in the stock market and deriviatives, bouncing stocks, to achieve higher profits at the expense of inflation from the [...]
Stockmarket crash today?
With the Dow jones loosing 400 points the worst loss scince 911 are we seeing America starting to burst at the seems?
The Chinese are now diversifing their intake of american dollars from American consumption by investing more into Gold , Euros , Pounds and the Yen which is weaking [...]
What are the best scenarios to buy bonds?
I am unclear on this. Do you want to buy bonds when stocks drop? When inflation goes up? When oil goes up? When the country is in a recession? It seems that bonds are more complicated than just buying them when stocks drop. Your detailed answers are appreciated.
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What is the relationship between the price of TIPS bonds and inflation expectations?
I think that usually when inflation is expected, then regular bond prices go down, but since TIPS bonds are adjusted for inflation, is the relationship different?
BTW, I’m interested in bond prices, not yields.
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