
147. Bond Markets with Nik Bhatia
The Bitcoin Standard Podcast
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What Is the Difference Between Cash and Bonds?
In the layered money framework, the counterparty at the base layer of the system is the US Treasury. Cash today is still US Treasury securities, but it's three month US Treasury bills. So if rates go up 1%, your bond price just went from 100 to 90. That's not safe. Government bonds are not safe when they have duration and therefore price risk. It's not that the US Treasury is going to default, but you can experience an enormous capital loss on your investment if you're just investing in bonds.
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