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> long maturity bonds (i.e. super conservative) Do you think that long maturity bonds are more conservative than short maturity bonds?

• JumpCrisscross 4y ago
  > Do you think that long maturity bonds are more conservative than short maturity bonds No. Nobody does. That’s why they typically yield more.
  • kgwgk 4y ago
    Maybe ethbr0 does - considering the quote about super-conservative long maturity bonds. Why do you say that he doesn't?
    • JumpCrisscross 4y ago
      > considering the quote about super-conservative long maturity bonds Within the set of long-maturity bonds, Treasuries are conservative. That doesn’t make them conservative per se.
      • kgwgk 4y ago
        Full quote: "The irony is that, as near as I can tell, they cratered their balance sheet because they were heavily into long maturity bonds (i.e. super conservative)." What exactly makes you think that the "(i.e. super conservative)" remark is not about "long maturity bonds" - which is the think that he just referenced? He didn't mention Treasuries at all. I find quite difficult to interpret the "super conservative" as being about some kind of long-maturity bonds relative to another kind of long-maturity bonds.
        • ethbr0 4y ago
          Treasuries.