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It's not risk-less, but it's way less risky than every other alternative.



Possibly only if you are operating in a single market. If you have currency/soverign risk because you are selling in 100 countries, it's way more complex. I bet Apple doesn't consider all the rubles they have from their operations in Russia as less risky than parking it in US treasuries. The problem is getting it there...


> I bet Apple doesn't consider all the rubles they have from their operations in Russia as less risky than parking it in US treasuries.

They certainly have somebody looking at it.

There's more than one component to risk. Sure, holding rubles in a Russian bank is risky, but that risk isn't really of losing your whole pile all at once. So you have time to leave your position if it gets more dangerous.




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