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What are financial bonds and inverted yields?
Recently, you may have heard that bond yields have "inverted."
What does that mean?
Financial reporters talk about bonds and yields often.
It must be important, but why?
What's the difference between a Treasury bill, a note, and a bond?
Why are inverted yield curves scary?
Timeline
00:00 Question from a listeners
01:00 What's a bond?
02:20 Fed funds rate & inflation
03:00 3 Types of bonds
03:48 Bonds interest rates impact
04:33 Inverted yield curve
05:50 Why bond values are inversely proportional to yields
07:45 Conclusion
Thanks to Dan Coplan for asking the question!
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Recently, you may have heard that bond yields have "inverted."
What does that mean?
Financial reporters talk about bonds and yields often.
It must be important, but why?
What's the difference between a Treasury bill, a note, and a bond?
Why are inverted yield curves scary?
Timeline
00:00 Question from a listeners
01:00 What's a bond?
02:20 Fed funds rate & inflation
03:00 3 Types of bonds
03:48 Bonds interest rates impact
04:33 Inverted yield curve
05:50 Why bond values are inversely proportional to yields
07:45 Conclusion
Thanks to Dan Coplan for asking the question!
Watch the Video
Feedback: Give anonymous verbal feedback to this show or to the podcast in general by using SpeakPipe.
More info
If you like this, subscribe and share!
If you like this podcast, subscribe and share!
My Patrons sponsored this show!
On social media, my username is always ftapon. Follow me on:
- http://facebook.com/ftapon
Claim your monthly reward by becoming a patron at http://Patreon.com/FTapon
Rewards start at just $2/month!
Affiliate links
Start your own podcast with the same company I use, Podbean, and get one month free!
https://www.podbean.com/ftapon
In the USA, trade crypto with Kraken
Gossamer Gear is my favorite backpacking gear provider.
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