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Mosby

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3. It's not that simple.

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Sun Aug 24, 2025, 06:23 PM

Aug 24

No one makes that much on tbills, bonds or notes. It's a place to park money, mostly.

According to your example, your bonds have a locked in rate, interest rates don't affect your yield because the bond rates don't change.

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To be clear, if you bought $100 million in US Treasuries [View all] bucolic_frolic Aug 24 OP

Everything single thing Trump does directly benefits himself personally in some way. Irish_Dem Aug 24 #1

You're correct snowybirdie Aug 24 #2

It's not that simple. Mosby Aug 24 #3

Bonds trade in an open market. When rates go down, bond prices go up bucolic_frolic Aug 24 #5

With T-bills you don't get paid interest. Igel Aug 24 #6

That's true. But sometimes, those are circumstances that cause bond defaults or increases risk. Silent Type Aug 24 #4