Fed buying 10-year treasuries and more mortgage-securities; how low will rates go?
lguz asked: Anyone want to guess how low mortgage rates will go? The Fed just announced plans to buy $300 bln worth of treasury bonds, and $750 bln of mortgage backed securities. Both moves will affect rates.
Estimates?
How is new currency injected into circulation?
Currency E asked: Say the central bank (fed) decides to add more currencies to the economy. How is it injected into circulation? I thought about Fed go buying bonds from the market with the new currency. But then how does Fed control the interest rate effect of the purchase? For example, Fed wants to add [...]
World Economic Question, relating to US economy?
Jake J asked: I am wondering if I have the facts correct, America is dependent on China to artificially inflate the US dollar? Without China buying Treasury Bonds the Yuan would overtake the dollar and hence Americans would stop buying Chinese goods? Americans rush out everyday to buy from Walmart and others who [...]
Is it true that every U.S. dollar is loaned into circulation as debt, creating principal but not interest?
oianzinho asked: …and therefore totally unpayable?
I asked something similar earlier but didn’t get an answer to my satisfaction.
I understand that the privately owned (though govt chartered) Federal Reserve buys treasury bonds with money it issues from nothing, and that the interest the U.S. owes on the bonds the Fed holds can only be paid by [...]
treasury bills, notes and bonds? please help?
Nichole asked: am i doing this right….. if i invest $1000 in a treasury bill at a discount rate of 4.790% and the investment rate is 4.930%, then i will pay $952.10 to buy the bill and i will get $1049.30 when it matures?… therefore making a profit of $97.20
if thats not right please tell [...]
are bonds a good investment right now? what should i know?
GRANT. Y asked: i have been trying to research treasury bonds and it sounds like a good thing. ive just been reading about them and im sure its all wrote b4 todays economic situation. how do i go about buying one? give your 2 cents please.
If you are long a portfolio of investment grade corporate bond but want to eliminate your rate exposure?
l f asked: a. Buy an amount of Treasuries that is equal to the duration of your bonds
b. Sell an amount of Treasuries that is equal to the duration of your bonds
c. Sell an amount of Treasuries that is equal to the face value of your bonds
d. Buy an [...]
Chance to get 10 points on Questions and True and false?
Daanish Z asked: 1. How does the Goverment participate in a mixed economy?
2. How might the changes brought about by the influence of interests group affect the public?
True or False
3. (Purchasing power) is the reason why $5,000 today will not buy as much as it would 30 years ago.
4. (A treasury bond) is a [...]
Question About Investments - bonds, mutual funds, etc?
Michael A. asked: Do corporate, municipal and government bonds, treasury securities, mutual funds, ETFs and CDs have ticker symbols and can be purchased like stocks (as in I buy shares)?
Return on a U.S. Treasury Bond?
Chancellor A asked: I’m thinking of buying a $2000 bond from the treasury for 30 years. Does anyone know how I will get paid for this? Monthly and when it matures.
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