The Best Investments in Case of an Inverted Yield Curve

The yield curve has fallen to its flattest level since the 2007-09 recession which can cause bond-market investors to take notice and start bracing for a possible inversion. Traditionally safe assets like long- and short-term bonds have fared a bit better following yield-curve inversions. Source: Wall Street Journal The yield curve—the difference between the interest…

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China’s Bond-Yield Curve Gets Bent Out of Shape

 Investor sentiment is mixed after Beijing’s campaign this spring to make Chinese markets less risky, with yields on seven-year government bonds rising above yields of both five-year and 10-year bonds. Source: The Wall Street Journal China’s $1.7 trillion government-bond market is turning ever weirder. In a fresh sign of the nerves among investors caused by Beijing’s campaign this…

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