Comments on: Where was your Money in 2008? http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/where-was-your-money-in-2008/2009/01/14/ An independent perspective on the Australian and global investment markets Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:39:45 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Brian http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/where-was-your-money-in-2008/2009/01/14/comment-page-1/#comment-61250 Brian Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:04:26 +0000 http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/?p=4777#comment-61250 "Bonds didn't fare well, either, with the yield on 10-year Treasuries dropping 42%, and 30-year T-Bonds off 38%." If yields fell, doesn't that mean prices have risen since yields move inversely to prices? So you would have made money by buying government bonds while yields were high and selling them after they dropped. "Bonds didn't fare well, either, with the yield on 10-year Treasuries dropping 42%, and 30-year T-Bonds off 38%."

If yields fell, doesn't that mean prices have risen since yields move inversely to prices? So you would have made money by buying government bonds while yields were high and selling them after they dropped.

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