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IronLionZion

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1. DUers would be wise to invest in bonds, not stocks right now

Reply to Bernardo de La Paz (Original post)

Wed Apr 9, 2025, 01:32 PM

Apr 2025

Worst case scenario, Trump becomes the first US president to default on Treasury bonds. Then everything else collapses too, stocks, banks, devaluation of the currency under your mattress, everything. So bonds are still safer while there's a psychotic sociopath in the white house.

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DUers would be wise to invest in bonds, not stocks right now IronLionZion Apr 2025 #1