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    T bills at Vanguard: I purchased $5k and after 7 months got $5k back

    Thank you all! I appreciate you!
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    T bills at Vanguard: I purchased $5k and after 7 months got $5k back

    @vasvaria I am not stupid. I was doing this for the first time and wanted some guidance. And I am not a man.
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    T bills at Vanguard: I purchased $5k and after 7 months got $5k back

    @vasvaria That response was not necessary. Sorry you’re a miserable person.
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    T bills at Vanguard: I purchased $5k and after 7 months got $5k back

    @ingeborg I thanked everyone for their kind replies except you.
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    T bills at Vanguard: I purchased $5k and after 7 months got $5k back

    @pasadi But technically I didn’t earn anything. I just gave the gov an interest-free loan.
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    T bills at Vanguard: I purchased $5k and after 7 months got $5k back

    @logicdictates_udumb Thank you. So are these considered Tbills or did I invest in the wrong thing?
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    T bills at Vanguard: I purchased $5k and after 7 months got $5k back

    @logicdictates_udumb So how does one make money on these things?
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    T bills at Vanguard: I purchased $5k and after 7 months got $5k back

    Can someone explain why this happened? The guy at Vanguard explained to me that the way zero coupon bonds works is that my $5000 only purchased $4,886 and that my interest of $114 would be what I earn but at the end of the term, I got exactly $5,000 back. So I didn’t earn any interest on my...
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