Inverted yield curves happen when bonds with shorter maturity periods have higher yields than bonds with longer maturity periods. Under normal circumstances, it’s the other way around. Since ...

With all the talk and rage about the yield curve and what it may signal, its important to take a step back to analyze what a yield curve is, what it’s meant to share with investors, and how it can ...

About a half-century ago, my investment and economic mentor, Bradford F. Story, remarked that leaders at the Federal Reserve and Treasury would never succeed until they disabused themselves of the ...

The inversion of a key measure of the Treasury yield curve is telling investors more about inflation and the Federal Reserve’s credibility than it is about the prospect of recession, according to a ...

Recessions are hard to predict, but many observers are forecasting one for 2023. I’m in that camp as well. The reason many expect a recession might sound complicated, but the principle is actually ...

Stocks made new record highs, with the S&P 500 setting an intraday high of 5,261.10 and a closing high of 5,241.53 on Thursday. For the week, the S&P increased 2.3% to close at 5,234.18. The index is ...

It’s not getting any easier for Americans to secure a job. Total job openings in July fell to the lowest level since the start of 2021, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Job Openings and ...

The countdown to an economic recession as begun after the 3-month and 10-year yield curve finally inverted. Research firm TS Lombard expects a recession to hit the US economy within the next 12 months ...

If the economy slides into a recession, among those most caught off guard might be the CEOs of some of the nation's largest corporations. The Business Roundtable is an association of 160 CEOs running ...