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the absolute interest rate is still very miniscule
by nerfhammer 13y ago
the absolute interest rate is still very miniscule
- pmarca 13y agoYes but what hedge funds would do (are undoubtedly doing) is raise a huge amount of money on margin and use it to arbitrage the spread between these and related instruments with other durations. Of course this can go horribly wrong; read the book "When Genius Failed".
- ballard 13y agoOh god, LTCM. Beware of investors that have no demonstrable controls against automated/HFT pouring of more of my money into a black hole trying to "win" back their losses. The Trillion Dollar Bet is also a good, high-level documentary.