I spent a lot of today learning about some less popular investment vehicles, and treasuries seem interesting. you basically lend the government money but make no money from interest in a low interest rate environment, since they match the fed interest rate pretty close. So, what I am seeing is basically:
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getting a payment directly from federal government means you are protected from bank failure (helpful in 1929, not so much now)
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they probably wont match inflation if the inflationary scenario plays out, but they could be slightly better than holding cash if a severe deflationary scenario plays out
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I definely don't see it as beating gold or btc for next few years.
This is all based on google searches and youtube videos, so please, if anyone knows any other use case to support buying treasuries in the near future, I would love to hear it
Submitted January 02, 2021 at 04:27AM by CriticalSodium https://ift.tt/3ok0n8o
