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Uncle Sam vs. Microsoft: Which is a safer bet to park money?

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Amid rising yields and fiscal turbulence, the once-unshakable faith in US Treasuries is being tested like never before.

One of the popular catch phrases among investors is that they ‘don’t like uncertainty’. But one event that is almost certain in any investor’s life is that uncertainty strikes from unknown quarters. What if one instrument that is supposedly the safest on the planet suddenly turns less safe? The world was queueing up to lend to Uncle Sam because whatever you lend to the US will be returned in full and without much loss in value (adjusted for

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