Would you buy a 100-year bond? Google just issued one.
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Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has issued a bond with a repayment date in 2126. Is anyone buying?
Alphabet, parent company of Google, made news in February when it issued a 100-year bond.
Yes, a bond with a repayment date a century from now.
It’s hard to imagine many investors would line up to buy century bonds, given that most of us won’t live long enough to see our investment repaid.
"You and I will not be around when these bonds expire," said Jason Moser, senior investment analyst at The Motley Fool.
Yet, with its 100-year bond issue, Alphabet telegraphed to the investment community that it expects to be around in 2126. And so did the institutional investors, pension funds and hedge funds that bought them.
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