jim. this is curtis from north carolina i want to say thanks for creating "mad money." >> the man, the mythe legend. >> the wizard of wall street. >> i'm from philly and i want to give you a good booyah. >> you are the reason why we do this >>> it's time to address a major issue. it i'm talking stocks versus bonds. there's a good reason you don't hear me investing in bonds very often. it's not because this show is about stocks the fact is ever seasons the great recession, interest rates have been held down to incredibly low levels and therefore bond levels you get from owning u.s. treasuries have been absolutely paltry both by historical standards and from what you can get from safe stocks in general, even when the stockmarket has been getting absolutely pounded, bonds simply haven't represented very good values versus equities that's why i've so often castigated you about the idea that excessive prudence can be the most reckless strategy of all because if you invest too much of your money in safe virtually risk-free u.s. treasury bonds you've been ensuring you'll get a very low return on y