Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Betting against America

Sometime back in late December 2008 when I was researching and considering shorting US treasuries, I read an article on seeking alpha. The article was written well and pointed out the obvious technical points: Investors are running to bonds driving the yield curve down. However, the memorable part was a user comment that stated "Hopefully you can sleep at night knowing you are betting against America." The next day I called my broker.

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