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US Treasury 3-month bill yield below zero for first time 10 Dec 2008, 15:04
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Interesting! So people are willing to take a negative return just for the luxury of putting their money somewhere safe?

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US Treasury 3-month bill yield below zero for first time 13 Dec 2008, 02:59
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Interesting! So people are willing to take a negative return just for the luxury of putting their money somewhere safe?

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The way I interpret this is that whoever is buying bonds at a negative yield is very worried about keeping their cash in a financial institution and would rather get it out of the bank and accept a negative yielding promise to pay from the US government.
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US Treasury 3-month bill yield below zero for first time 13 Dec 2008, 08:08
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That's pretty crazy considering the FDIC has promised to insure every single dollar in deposits at a financial institution like Citi (with no restrictions on the amount) until December 31, 2009.

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The way I interpret this is that whoever is buying bonds at a negative yield is very worried about keeping their cash in a financial institution and would rather get it out of the bank and accept a negative yielding promise to pay from the US government.
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US Treasury 3-month bill yield below zero for first time 30 Dec 2008, 04:54
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That's pretty crazy considering the FDIC has promised to insure every single dollar in deposits at a financial institution like Citi (with no restrictions on the amount) until December 31, 2009.

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The way I interpret this is that whoever is buying bonds at a negative yield is very worried about keeping their cash in a financial institution and would rather get it out of the bank and accept a negative yielding promise to pay from the US government.
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They can promise all they want. Doesn't mean you'll get your money on time or at all.

No way FDIC can guarantee those deposits with the limited assets they have.
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US Treasury 3-month bill yield below zero for first time 30 Dec 2008, 15:43
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The Australian govt. has given similar guarantees. But guarantees don't mean much in times such as these. I think that high net worth folks would try to diversify to protect assets and these bonds would be form part of a portfolio that would contain other safe bets (such as gold).

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That's pretty crazy considering the FDIC has promised to insure every single dollar in deposits at a financial institution like Citi (with no restrictions on the amount) until December 31, 2009.

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The way I interpret this is that whoever is buying bonds at a negative yield is very worried about keeping their cash in a financial institution and would rather get it out of the bank and accept a negative yielding promise to pay from the US government.

They can promise all they want. Doesn't mean you'll get your money on time or at all.

No way FDIC can guarantee those deposits with the limited assets they have.
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US Treasury 3-month bill yield below zero for first time 31 Dec 2008, 15:29
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That's pretty crazy considering the FDIC has promised to insure every single dollar in deposits at a financial institution like Citi (with no restrictions on the amount) until December 31, 2009.

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The way I interpret this is that whoever is buying bonds at a negative yield is very worried about keeping their cash in a financial institution and would rather get it out of the bank and accept a negative yielding promise to pay from the US government.

They can promise all they want. Doesn't mean you'll get your money on time or at all.

No way FDIC can guarantee those deposits with the limited assets they have.
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How can you say that the guarantee of the FDIC (the US Federal Government) is worthless while at the same time saying that the guarantee of US Treasury Bills (the US Federal Government) is not worthless? Pretty illogical IMO.
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US Treasury 3-month bill yield below zero for first time 01 Jan 2009, 18:06
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How can you say that the guarantee of the FDIC (the US Federal Government) is worthless while at the same time saying that the guarantee of US Treasury Bills (the US Federal Government) is not worthless? Pretty illogical IMO.
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I'm not trying to be defensive, but I never said anything regarding the worth or worthlessness of US Treasury Bills. I only stated the fact that a T-bill is a "promise to pay". And, as I said in the other post you reference, they (the US Federal Government) can promise all they want.

Next time, I'll be sure my sarcasm towards the US Federal Government's current insolvency is more apparent in each of my posts ;)

Oh....but I forgot we can print our own currency....hmmm....moral hazard?