Showing posts with label negative interest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label negative interest. Show all posts

Thursday, April 9, 2015

Things that make you go "Huh?"

SWISS GOVERNMENT ISSUES
10-YEAR NEGATIVE YIELD BOND

The new 10-YR Swiss bond has an interest rate of -0.055%.  So let me see if I understand this.... I am going to lend you money and pay you for the right to do so?  That said, it is still a better deal than you'll get in a account since the Swiss National Bank cut the deposit rate to -0.75%.

WSJ 

For some reason I think the entire concept 
is full of holes.