Treasury Bond Quotes:

We have already significant sums of money in our petroleum fund, a fund created by law that includes all the revenues received from the Timor Sea, and invests in conservative, safe, long-term investment portfolios - right now in US Treasury Bonds.

- Jose Ramos-Horta

topic: Sea, Law, Ties, Treasury Bond, Us Treasury

If you need to put your money in a safe and secure place and you want it to earn interest, Treasury bonds are safer than putting it in any bank as a deposit or putting it anywhere else, because they are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States Government.

- Jim Cooper

topic: Government, Ties, United States, Deposits, State Government

Italian authorities seized $6 trillion worth of fake, worthless U.S. Treasury bonds. Pretty good counterfeit job, too. They look just like the genuine, worthless Treasury bonds.

- Jay Leno

topic: Jobs, Italian, Fake, Treasury Bond

While the feds ... leave Social Security off their books, the government's obligation to make benefit payments to current and near-term Social Security recipients is certainly no less real than its obligation to pay interest on its Treasury bonds.

- Laurence Kotlikoff

topic: Real, Book, Government, Treasury Bond

In expectation of his demise, a successful businessman may sell out to his competitors to prepare his estate with readily marketable securities, such as U.S. Treasury bonds. The confiscatory death tax eliminates many family enterprises and promotes the growth of giant corporations.

- Hans F. Sennholz

topic: Successful Businessman, Treasury Bond

Defaulting on the nation's debt would be cataclysmic. The U.S. Treasury's Aaa rating is the one constant in the world's financial system. When times are bad anywhere on the planet, global investors flock to Treasury bonds because they know they will get their money back.

- Mark Zandi

topic: Debt, World, Would Be, Treasury Bond