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By Gary Alexander We’ve just enjoyed the best first quarter in the 21 st century – the biggest opening-quarter stock market increase since 1998. The three most-watched indexes each gained over 11% in the quarter just ended, but despite any recent “overbought” c...

As I stated in December 2019, keep your eyes on the bond markets in 2019. And, I believe, watching the bond markets has given us the most interesting insights into the economic situation and the attitude of investors available. The latest bounce in the bond markets came in the last half of M...

Last week, the yield curve inverted for the first time since 2007. The yield for 10-year Treasuries fell below the yield for the 3-month T-Bill. The inversion set off alarm bells and US stocks fell sharply. While concerns are reasoned, the alarm bells may be premature. Inversion is an hist...

Two members of the research department of the Banque de France have published an interesting note important to US investors. We applaud the work of Cristina Jude and Francesco Pappada. The title is "Does the Trump corporate tax reform impact the composition of the US current account?" Here is ...

By Schwab Center for Financial Research A snapshot of yields on a series of bonds. A normal yield curve slopes upward from shorter maturities to longer ones. Investors usually require extra return to tie up their money for longer periods. Changing yield curve. The slope can chang...

By Jeffrey Kleintop The yield curve is said to invert when the yield on the 3-month Treasury exceeds the yield on the 10-year Treasury. Many investors focus on this historically negative signal for the overall stock market, as inversions typically precede economic recessions. But, the oppo...

Equity markets have rallied since some of the biggest potential downside policy risks have subsided. But are the conditions there to sustain a buoyant equity market? Kim Parlee speaks to Rachel Ziemba , founder of Read more ...

There are many harsh lessons to be learned from the gambling experience, but the harshest one of all is the difference between having Fun and being Smart." - Hunter S. Thompson Looking at the return of the "D" trade, "D" for "Deflation" that is with the return of the strong "bid" for bonds...

Last week, Barron's ran an article entitled "The Stock Market Is Just As Confused About A Potential Recession As You Are?" To wit: "Investors have long used where we are in the economic cycle to decide which stocks to buy and sell. New research from Nomura's Joseph Mezrich flips that on ...

By Joseph V. Amato, President and Chief Investment Officer - Equities Is the bond market cautious or confused? Is the equity market confident or complacent? The first quarter of 2019 came to a close last week with an episode that typified the financial market confusion of the past thre...