What Causes a Yield Curve to Flatten?
by Status_Flux The main reason for raising interest rates is to combat inflation. However the fed doesn’t actually set rates for short term bonds but rather sets the rates at which … Read more
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Is the Yield curve correlated with financial crises? See the chart. Gray vertical bands indicate the last seven financial crises.
An inverted yield curve predicts recessions. h/t br_anonbinary
China’s S-Curve of Expansion, Stagnation and Decline
by Charles Hugh-Smith All the policies that worked in the Boost Phase no longer work. Natural and human systems tend to go through stages of expansion, stagnation and decline that … Read more
Is a Recession Coming, Trickle Up Default, Yield Curve, Short-Term Rent
from Jason Hartman’s Creating Wealth Jason Hartman and Doug take today’s episode as a chance to look at some key happenings in our world today. By now you’ve heard Jason discuss … Read more
Yield Curve Spaghetti – Investors in short-term Treasuries and savings products are having a field day.
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter The US Treasury yield curve is having some bad-hair days. It is overall flat-ish, but within this description, it is steepening at the short end, sagging … Read more
Nearly 20% of Global Stocks Have FALLEN 50% or More! Yield Curve Inversion Sparks Fear!
Now that 2018 is gone and 2019 has begun, we can continue with the unprecedented times. Odd occurrences are happening every day. Banks are failing. Stocks have fallen. The public … Read more
Current US yield curve – Now inverted from 1Y to 7Y
by SpontaneousDisorder The government borrows from the market for different lengths of time. ie from 1 month to 30 years. The interest rates (yield) vary according to what the market … Read more
The Yield Curve Inversion…and Why It Matters
by Doug Hornig, Contributor, GoldSilver GoldSilver’s Mike Maloney recently released a video dealing with inversion of the yield curve in the bond market. It’s an excellent introduction to a subject about which … Read more
What Investors Get Wrong About the Yield Curve
by Daniel Carter The yield curve is collapsing once again, and that has many investors talking about what it means for the US economy. Overwhelmingly, the sentiment is that a flattening … Read more
T-Minus 10 and Counting: 10Y/2Y Yield Curve Inversion Less Than 10 Basis Points Away
by confoundedinterest The US Treasury 10Y-2Y slope just breached the 10 basis point barrier. And with that, gold is rising. Yes, we are on the inversion express. With gold as the … Read more
The Yield Curve Flattens And Bank Stocks Plunge. Here’s The Connection – And The Prediction
by John Rubino Despite all the ominous press being devoted to the soon-to-be-inverted yield curve, it’s not always clear why such a thing matters. In other words, how, exactly does a … Read more
What They Aren’t Telling You About The Yield Curve
Join Mike Maloney as he reveals an important factor of the partial Yield Curve inversion that is being ignored by mainstream news and media. Then stick around to the end … Read more
TraderStef: Goldilocks Recession Is Right Around The Curve
by TraderStef via CrushTheStreet (connect with TraderStef via Twitter or at TraderStef’s website) On the heels of the DOW plunging 800 points today on concerns over an economic slowdown, the bond market has been wagering on a recession by pricing … Read more
Yield Curve Poised to Invert – Where Will Fed Go From Here?
From Birch Gold Group Looks like the yield curve the Fed swept under the rug back in June continues to prove itself a reliable potential signal for market correction. On Tuesday the Dow … Read more
Weekend Reading: Which Yield Curve Really Matters?
by Lance Roberts So, have you heard the one about the “flattening yield curve?” It almost sounds like the start of a bad joke because there have been so many discussions … Read more
The Yield Curve Just Inverted for the First Time in Years. Time to Reconsider Risk?
by Frank Holmes, CEO, U.S. Global Investors One of the most reliable indicators of an economic slowdown just flashed a warning sign this week. On Monday, the yield curve between … Read more