How to pronounce “government bond” in English

And what the banks are doing is, they're taking their money from the European Central Bank.It's very nice, at one percent. The Irish Government bond market is yielding 5.7 percent for 15-year money. So you say, "I get that for free. That's onepercent money from the Germans. Danke Schon, Zerdie." Okay?

first point of it is we think this way in everyday life, right? We certainly think about business investments, right? And so, you--I mean, this is a hard time to talk about whata safe--what a safe investment for your personal IRA is. But, you know, you can put it onto your mattress or put it in a government bond, and it's very little risk and low return oryou can put them something riskier. We think about it when we get car insurance, when we go out of and somebody tries to sell us an extended warranty for the product.