This chart "illustrates several truths about the bond market", says Tracy Alloway on Bloomberg. Investors keep buying Argentinian debt even though they really should know better. The price of Argentina's century bond has slumped by 45% as concern over the latest debt crisis has grown. At the same time, Austria's 100-year bond has surged this year.
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