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If you have any investment experience in the real world, especially in the fixed income instruments, you have probably noticed how the word "bond" is misused in this forum over and over again.
Bond is a very specific investment instrument. Fancy way to put it is - bond is a negotiable certificate that acknowledges the indebtedness of the bond issuer to the holder. Other way to say it is: bond is a loan to bond issuer and who ever holds the bond, receives the payment form the issuer. It's like a IOU.
Another important feature of the bond is this: Issuer is obliged to pay interest (the coupon) to use and/or to repay the principal at a later date, termed maturity.
This means, that you do not only receive the regular coupon payments, but at date X, your bonds will be bought back by the issuer at predetermined price X.
Information about different types of bonds and notes is readily available all over the internet. I recommend you read it and make sure you understand the basic ideas of bonds and why people invest in bonds.
Now, typical mining bonds issued via GLBSE are perpetual mining bonds with fixed Mh/s coupon. It is very important to understand, that there is NOTHING fixed about this type of coupon- Especially, when it comes to your earnings. When difficulty goes up, you earn less per Mh/s. When difficulty drops, you earn more per Mh/s.
I call them mining turds, because they are almost like Floating Rate Notes (FRN) aka floaters - hence the name "turd".
Why are bonds good and turds bad?
Bonds are usually good for preserving your capital and earning you a fixed income from dividends. If you think about it, mining turds offer you none of the previously mentioned benefits. At the moment, dividends do not cover the depreciation of your invested capital. Sorry, but this applies to all the mining turds out there.
There have been some exceptions, where turd price has actually gone up temporarily. One of the example is the GIGAMINING. Vps managed to push his turd prices up temporarily. Last month he increased dividends by 10% (110% PPS) for few weeks. Lets be honest, this was just a ruse, to get you all worked up over nothing.
Did I really make 2.3841% per week?
To understand, what you have actually lost/gained by investing to mining turds, look at the price you paid for you turd and how much have you earned form your dividends. If you sell your turd today, will your loss of of invested capital be offset by the continuously diminishing dividends?
If one month ago you paid 0.30 for your "bond" and you have earned 0.038 BTC in dividends, did you actually made money?
You say "Yes!", I say "No!"
OK, lets look at the market price. Oops, as of today, your turd is worth only 0.145 BTC! Now, did you make money or did you actually lose ~40% of your investment in one month to "earn" 0.038.
If diff keeps going up or stays where it is now, you are not going to see your principal returned to you any time soon. As you know, turd issuer has no obligation to buy it back from you at the IPO price. How long will it take for a monthly dividend of 0.038 to earn you those 0.155 BTC, to cover the loss? 4 months if diff stays at or below the current level and price is not dropping another 40%. If it diff keeps rising and price keeps dropping, you are almost perpetually screwed.
Bonds, I'll or you can invest in
Only mining bonds (not a turd!), that make any sense to invest in, are the ones with a truly fixed or partially fixed coupon. Bonds with floating rate must have a part of the coupon fixed at % from IPO price (par) and a part of the coupon tied to a Y Mh/s or something similar.
"Mh/s only" turds are garbage and burn investors hard earned bitcoins, while buying turd issuer a room full of equipment at 0 risk.
Difficulty and market risks are all left to to you - turd holder.
If you truly believe that difficulty is going to go trough a massive drop, then yes, you have a good chance of getting back the money you paid for the turd. Now, lets not forget, that the income from mining will be halved soon. No more 50 BTC blocks. Can you see, how this affects your income and turd price, dear turd holder?
Bond is a very specific investment instrument. Fancy way to put it is - bond is a negotiable certificate that acknowledges the indebtedness of the bond issuer to the holder. Other way to say it is: bond is a loan to bond issuer and who ever holds the bond, receives the payment form the issuer. It's like a IOU.
Another important feature of the bond is this: Issuer is obliged to pay interest (the coupon) to use and/or to repay the principal at a later date, termed maturity.
This means, that you do not only receive the regular coupon payments, but at date X, your bonds will be bought back by the issuer at predetermined price X.
Information about different types of bonds and notes is readily available all over the internet. I recommend you read it and make sure you understand the basic ideas of bonds and why people invest in bonds.
Now, typical mining bonds issued via GLBSE are perpetual mining bonds with fixed Mh/s coupon. It is very important to understand, that there is NOTHING fixed about this type of coupon- Especially, when it comes to your earnings. When difficulty goes up, you earn less per Mh/s. When difficulty drops, you earn more per Mh/s.
I call them mining turds, because they are almost like Floating Rate Notes (FRN) aka floaters - hence the name "turd".
Why are bonds good and turds bad?
Bonds are usually good for preserving your capital and earning you a fixed income from dividends. If you think about it, mining turds offer you none of the previously mentioned benefits. At the moment, dividends do not cover the depreciation of your invested capital. Sorry, but this applies to all the mining turds out there.
There have been some exceptions, where turd price has actually gone up temporarily. One of the example is the GIGAMINING. Vps managed to push his turd prices up temporarily. Last month he increased dividends by 10% (110% PPS) for few weeks. Lets be honest, this was just a ruse, to get you all worked up over nothing.
Did I really make 2.3841% per week?
To understand, what you have actually lost/gained by investing to mining turds, look at the price you paid for you turd and how much have you earned form your dividends. If you sell your turd today, will your loss of of invested capital be offset by the continuously diminishing dividends?
If one month ago you paid 0.30 for your "bond" and you have earned 0.038 BTC in dividends, did you actually made money?
You say "Yes!", I say "No!"
OK, lets look at the market price. Oops, as of today, your turd is worth only 0.145 BTC! Now, did you make money or did you actually lose ~40% of your investment in one month to "earn" 0.038.
If diff keeps going up or stays where it is now, you are not going to see your principal returned to you any time soon. As you know, turd issuer has no obligation to buy it back from you at the IPO price. How long will it take for a monthly dividend of 0.038 to earn you those 0.155 BTC, to cover the loss? 4 months if diff stays at or below the current level and price is not dropping another 40%. If it diff keeps rising and price keeps dropping, you are almost perpetually screwed.
Bonds, I'll or you can invest in
Only mining bonds (not a turd!), that make any sense to invest in, are the ones with a truly fixed or partially fixed coupon. Bonds with floating rate must have a part of the coupon fixed at % from IPO price (par) and a part of the coupon tied to a Y Mh/s or something similar.
"Mh/s only" turds are garbage and burn investors hard earned bitcoins, while buying turd issuer a room full of equipment at 0 risk.
Difficulty and market risks are all left to to you - turd holder.
If you truly believe that difficulty is going to go trough a massive drop, then yes, you have a good chance of getting back the money you paid for the turd. Now, lets not forget, that the income from mining will be halved soon. No more 50 BTC blocks. Can you see, how this affects your income and turd price, dear turd holder?
The bond thing is true it is way overly misused on the GLBSE, when I first discovered the mighty world of Bitcoin and the Glsbe I looked at the company right up for all these so called "Bonds" and they looked more like shares the company reserved the right to buy back then bonds.
waiting for the next pay check.
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