The portfolios being analyzed there were just not good portfolios to begin with. The researchers essentially used a method of false equivalence, he says. Most bond markets in most countries are speculative investments from an investment perspective and should only be invested in by professionals. If you want to see whether a country's bond market is speculative or not, look and see how they float their sovereign debt.

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