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This fund borrows money at slim short-term rates to buy risky assets paying fat long-term coupons.
Feeble excuse at most, the government might pay one-fourth of 1% more on its long-term coupons, but it would save many times that if it had the ability to retire high-interest debt early.
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If you agree, put some money into long-term, zero-coupon Treasurys.
Of course, long-term zero coupon bonds carry a lot of interest-rate risk; they're volatile both up and down.
Richard Strong Chairman Strong Capital Management I am about 30%in long-term zero coupon bonds, and the rest of my money is in growth funds and stocks — about a third each for large-cap, midcap and small-cap.
Of course, if the Fed pursued a gold-based monetary policy, we could do what we did for most of our history (until the 1960s) and issue long-term bonds with coupons of 3% to 4%.
For now, take comfort from the fact that for long-term investors, the extra coupon income will pay for the bid-ask spread within a year or two.
When your short-term bills or notes mature, you will have to reinvest your money at a lower rate; likewise with your cash coupons from long-term bonds.
Among Mr. Levin's burdens: interest costs on $1.6 billion in long-term debt and $800 million in zero-coupon bonds due in 2018 but redeemable in three years, losses of $1.2 billion over the past two years and a continuing Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into accusations of accounting fraud that date from 1998.
If a coupons says $$offf a long-term rental, that's usually for 30 days or more.
He did not begin to buy his $8 billion of long-term Treasury bonds, bond futures and zero coupon bonds until Jan . 20
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