Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.A): The Bond Bubble Will Explode

If that approach seems too risky, then at least put your money in a high-yielding dividend stock that can raise its prices as inflation rises. A company with a rock-solid balance sheet like Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) or The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) which has raised its dividend every year and currently and currently yields 2.8%. Look at the below chart to see how the dividends they’ve paid out to shareholders have risen over the last 10 years. You don’t get the same upside with bonds!

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Again, even if you don’t listen to a word I said here, please remember that buying treasuries is not nearly as risk-free as people would like you to believe. If you have a logical, cogent argument against my logic, please enter it the comment section below.

The article The Bond Bubble Will Explode originally appeared on Fool.com and is written by Margie Nemcick-Cruz.

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