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To: Dwight Taylor who wrote (13411)1/22/1998 9:53:00 AM
From: vegetarian  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 94695
 
>>If so, couldn't one borrow a mil at 1/2%, for a cost of $5000, invest in US bonds at 5 1/2%<<

That is called "yen carry trade" and is being done.



To: Dwight Taylor who wrote (13411)1/22/1998 1:30:00 PM
From: GROUND ZERO™  Respond to of 94695
 
Ben,

Yes, and this is just what Japan has been doing and why they buy our bonds. This is the problem and why they mentioned a few months ago about selling their bond holdings, they just got caught with their hands in the cookie jar.

GZ


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