Germany for First Time Sells 30-Year Bonds Offering Negative Yields
I feel like I still don't understand negative yields, despite really trying to.<p>Negative yields means that I put in $X (or euro/whatever germany is using) and I later am guarenteed no more than $Y out of the exchange, where Y < X. I am literally guaranteed to lose money. I could just hold on to my money, "keep it under my mattress" and still make a better ROI than bonds with negative yields. Why would anybody buy these bonds?