Good investment opportunities in Europe

[BrilloPad]

Germany will end up insuring the debt

Not sure the German voter will go for that.

[AtW]

No. It's because, unlike the UK, Spain and Italy debt is high risk. People won't lend them money unless they get a higher return to cover that risk.

And UK bonds are low risk because Govt has shown willingness to print money to make up for lack of demand (which causes inflation of course so everybody in UK pays for it rather than Govt that borrows money)

[Doggy Styles]

And UK bonds are low risk because Govt has shown willingness to print money to make up for lack of demand (which causes inflation of course so everybody in UK pays for it rather than Govt that borrows money)

Whatever AtW. You were wrong, I put you right with a fact, so you've simply changed the subject.

[AtW]

Whatever AtW. You were wrong, I put you right with a fact, so you've simply changed the subject.

Fact?

The only fact is actual high yields on those bonds, what you've given is your explanation of why it happens.

Both mine and yours are correct - yields are high because of lower demand and those who put bids in want higher %-tage, on the other hand (unlike UK) they can't print money to make up for it hence they ended up with high interest rates.