CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agoAlphabet selling very rare 100-year bonds to help fund AI investmentarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1283arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1272arrow-down1external-linkAlphabet selling very rare 100-year bonds to help fund AI investmentarstechnica.comCombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agomessage-square37fedilinkfile-text
My favorite comment on the article is “The problem with capitalism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money."
minus-squareBlackLaZoR@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up78·21 hours agoCan I sell 100y bonds too? It sounds like an amazing opportunity
minus-squareredditmademedoit@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·21 hours agoWell, it’s not uncommon in some countries with perpetual loans for individuals, so sure! It’s usually a matter of agreeing the right interest and offering the right security. You will get a worse deal than Google.
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·21 hours agoSure! You can sell whatever you like! The trick is finding a buyer.
minus-squareCombatWombatEsq@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-220 hours agoI would pay like $1 for $100 100 year bond from a random account on the fediverse just for the novelty, tbh. Edit: actually I should probably be asking more like $800 on a one dollar investment now that I think about it. Compounding interest go brrr.
minus-squareBlackLaZoR@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoI’ll promise to give you anything in 100 years if you gave me your $100 now. It’s a fair offer right?
Can I sell 100y bonds too? It sounds like an amazing opportunity
Well, it’s not uncommon in some countries with perpetual loans for individuals, so sure!
It’s usually a matter of agreeing the right interest and offering the right security. You will get a worse deal than Google.
Sure! You can sell whatever you like! The trick is finding a buyer.
I would pay like $1 for $100 100 year bond from a random account on the fediverse just for the novelty, tbh.
Edit: actually I should probably be asking more like $800 on a one dollar investment now that I think about it. Compounding interest go brrr.
I’ll promise to give you anything in 100 years if you gave me your $100 now. It’s a fair offer right?