US Bonds and any US dollar denominated instruments are the most RISKY investments on the planet. Why would anybody want to hold US dollars OR US bonds? The value of the dollar has been eroded terribly by all the money printing. Wait til interest rates which have been kept artificially low at zero for the past 5 years hit 3 or 4%-----kiss the US goodbye Lang. They cant even pay the interest on their national debt. And this is at 0% interest. Do you know what the payments will be if the rate goes up even to 3%?? I cant even imagine the carnage.