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Because assuming the premise is true, there will be a dip in bond prices (ie. higher yields) when oracle gets downgraded, because pension funds or whatever have to dump their holdings. You buy the dip, not at the top.
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Because the general consensus at this point appears to be that the notes will fail. You wouldn’t buy a loan if you thought it wasn’t going to be repaid.
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> You wouldn’t buy a loan if you thought it wasn’t going to be repaid.

Eh, people do weird things all the time.

Also, there is often extreme information asymmetry.

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