Why Do Investors Keep Buying Century Bonds?

Investors buying 100-year bonds are making a bold wager on inflation, monetary policy, and financial stability.
Why Do Investors Keep Buying Century Bonds?
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Every few years, the century bond returns—not exactly with a bang, but with a new, shiny calculation involved.

Joakim Book
Joakim Book
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Joakim Book is a writer and researcher with a deep interest in the history of money and finance. He is an economics graduate of the University of Glasgow and holds an MSc from the University of Oxford.