Discover what a normal yield curve is and how it affects your investments. This curve shows lower yields for short-term debt and can indicate future interest rate trends.

Learn how riding the yield curve can boost your bond investment returns by profiting from declining yields before maturity. Understand yield curve strategies today.

There’s almost certainly a recession on the way, and we closed-end fund (CEF) investors have a big edge over mainstream investors. That edge is our high, reliable (and often monthly) CEF dividends.

The yield curve is a graphical representation that plots the interest rates of bonds with equal credit quality but varying maturity dates. A normal yield curve slopes upward, indicating higher ...

NEW YORK (AP) — One of the more reliable warning signals for an economic recession started blinking again. The "yield curve" is watched for clues on how the bond market feels about the long-term ...

Lately, all eyes are on the yield curve. We’re not talking about a new type of baseball pitch or a funky traffic sign on a winding mountain pass. We’re talking about the direction of the bond market, ...

Later in this article, I will display a chart revealing a consistent pattern of when a recession is most likely to begin. From a trader's viewpoint, pattern recognition is essential for successful ...

Yield curve re-inversions are not uncommon and can occur multiple times before a recession, as seen in historical examples from 1988, 1998, and 2006. The 2022-23 inversion was unique due to ...

In my 50-plus years of running money, I’ve noticed that the biggest market moves come from factors that have gone unnoticed – and right now, there’s a doozy lurking under the table. Amid all the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I show you how to save and invest. Yield curve inversion has historically predicted U.S. recessions with greater accuracy than ...

The “experts” talk about how the U.S. Treasury Curve is currently “inverted.” What does that mean, and should it matter to lenders? The fact is, the yield curve (a graphical representation of yields, ...