Eating yields... How does that make you feel? This Fobor based paragraph is from a Bank of America Merrill Lynch note published earlier in the month which the FT's Robin Wigglesworth brought to our attention: In a world of zero rates, where $19.4 trillion of government bonds (that's 48% of the total market) is trading below 1%, it's little wonder the "lust for yield" is as strong as it is. Last week Rwanda offered 6.875% 10-year bonds to borrow $400mn, an amount equivalent to 5.5% of its 2012 GDP. The offer was 9-10X oversubscribed. And Panama successfully issued a $750mn 40-year bond with a 4.3% coupon (note that in the past 50 years the US 30-year Treasury bond has traded below 4.3% for just 10% of the period). That's nearly half of all government bonds trading below 1 per cent. Let's hope Japanese bonds don't ruin the statistic.