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Return of the 30-Year Bond

Contributed by mm | August 10, 2005 1:51 PM PST





It is fair to say trasury is an opportunist. Think about it's reversal of the 30-year bond and the redefinition of EE-series Savings Bonds.

From Wall Street Journal:

Wall Street pros pushed hard to bring back the 30-year Treasury bond. The effort paid off: The U.S. Treasury announced last week it will resume sales of the 30-year bond in early 2006 after a four-year hiatus.

But for individual investors, news of the relaunch isn't much to cheer about. On its own, the so-called long bond doesn't necessarily provide an attractive return for the amount of risk investors would be assuming, especially since interest rates are expected to keep rising, financial advisers say.

Historically, the added risk an investor takes with bonds with maturities of more than 20 years isn't worthwhile, adds Kirk Kinder, a financial planner with Financial Guidance Group in Palm Harbor, Fla. "If rates were expected to come down, it would be a good investment," Mr. Kinder says. "But with such a low-rate environment right now, you're taking on a lot of risk. I would caution people against it."
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