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Old 05-27-2007, 06:47 PM  
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Originally Posted by mortenb View Post
Basically they are bonds where you buy them cheaper than their market value, but then you can't sell them for X number of years.
Example: You buy a bond with a market value of 500$ for 250$ and then wait 15 years and sell it for 500$. If you need to sell it before the 15 years you take a huge hit.
Yea thats what he was talking about. He said he bought them for 10 cents on the dollar for 10 years... It seemed too good to be true. You think 50 cents on the dollar is more accurate for a 10 year bond?

thanks for the help
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