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#1 Ticker

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Posted 22 January 2016 - 12:11 PM

Bank failure seems to be a remote but very concerning possibility. What do you guys think about buying U.S. treasury bonds directly from the government using treasurydirect.gov as an option for placing money outside of banks?

#2 dasein

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Posted 22 January 2016 - 02:51 PM

used to do that - it is a very convenient process - but you wont be able to usse it as collateral for margin etc


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