How Worrisome Is The National Debt?

Cullen Roche
By Cullen Roche of Discipline Funds
Founder at Orcam Financial Group, LLC •

The government balance sheet needs to be thought of differently from your household balance sheet.

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  • Why the government balance sheet needs to be thought of differently from your household balance sheet.
  • Why inflation, and not default, is the real risk for a national government’s debt.
  • How risky is US government debt when compared to other bonds?
  • How to think about bonds in a portfolio.

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