... short-term risk This "myopic demand'' for long-term bonds can be large when risk aversion is small, because long-term bonds have attractive Sharpe ratios Second, long-term investors may hold long-term ... conventional wisdom, long-term bonds are appropriate for long-term investors who value stability of income We develop a model of optimal consumption and portfolio choice for infinitely-lived investors ... bonds for hedging purposes Long-term bonds can finance a stable longrun consumption stream even in the face of time-varying short-term interest rates, and this is attractive to risk-averse long-term...