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Stock Markets
Bonds are flashing a huge recession signal — here's what happened to stocks last time it happened
CNBC - Yun Li
The bond market is edging closer to signaling a recession, but don't panic yet. Stocks could have a lot more room to run even if the feared "yield …
Ahmedadded this to Stocks, Finance, Investment & Retirement
Finance
If You Want to Break Out of the Middle Class, Avoid These Money Habits
Entrepreneur - Phil Town
The ease of falling into these unproductive money traps is dangerously high. Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. In this video, Entrepreneur Network partner Phil Town discusses
Ruperto Garciaadded this to Money, Share It Fairly
S&P 500
7 Stocks That Soar in a Recession
U.S. News & World Report - John Divine
view as slideshow These stocks weathered the Great Recession. The financial crisis of 2008-2009 wreaked havoc on the stock market. In 2008 alone, the …
Dan Daniloadded this to Investment
Stock Markets
Protecting Profits Takes Out The Sting Of A Stock Market Correction
investors.com - JUSTIN NIELSEN
We saw some weakness hit the stock market at the end of the week. It's not necessarily an omen for a full-blown stock market correction but that …
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Investing
The Yield Curve Just Inverted. What Does That Mean?
Barron's - Evie Liu
Text size All three major U.S. stock market indexes took a downturn on Friday, as investors responded to one of the key recession indicators: the …
MarketWatch
Hedge Funds
S&P 500 could fall 40% as yield curve inverts, says analyst of one of 2018’s best hedge-fund returns
MarketWatch - By Sunny Oh
Stock investors should heed the warning emanating from the bond market, says at least one hedge-fund manager, as the yield curve staged a stunning …
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Bond Markets
QMA's Dyson Predicts 'Bumpy Ride' for Stock and Bond Markets
Bloomberg
Andrew Dyson, QMA chairman and chief executive officer, discusses the outlook for U.S. financial markets with Bloomberg's Caroline Hyde and Scarlet …
Fortune
Finance
An Old Recession Boogeyman—the Inverted Yield Curve—Returns, and It's Spooking Some Investors
Fortune - Kevin Kelleher
Stock investors aren’t supposed to be superstitious, but some market boogeymen are known to predict recessions with impressive accuracy. One of them …
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Investing
Skittish investors pull more than $20 billion from stocks, rush into bonds: BAML
Reuters - by Helen Reid
LONDON (Reuters) - Global equity funds saw massive outflows this week, a sharp reversal from last week’s inflows as pessimism over economic growth gripped investors once again, driving them instead to
Maxine Waters
Wall Street Awaits Cannabis Banking Vote in Congress Next Week
newsmax.com - Felice Maranz
Analysts are keeping a close watch on a House committee vote scheduled for Tuesday on a bill to get cannabis industry cash off the streets and into …
The Wall Street Journal.
Stock Markets
Falling Stocks Lead to Payoff on Wagers in the ‘Fear Gauge’
The Wall Street Journal. - Asjylyn Loder
Cboe Volatility Index, which measures the size and speed of stock market moves, surges 21% Bets on Wall Street’s “fear gauge” paid off Friday as stocks tumbled. The S&P 500 stock index fell 1.9% Friday,
Reuters
Globalization
Yield curve inverts for first time since 2007 on global growth worries
Reuters - Kate Duguid
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., March 22, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. markets received a clear warning of coming recession
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Stock Markets
Advice to consider before you invest in the stock market
crainscleveland.com
Mark Twain once said, "The secret of getting ahead is getting started." This sentiment rings true for most things in life — but especially when it …
U.S. News & World Report
Stock Markets
10 Reasons Volatility Is Good for the Stock Market
U.S. News & World Report - Wayne Duggan
view as slideshow Don't panic over stock market moves. A volatility spike in U.S. stocks in the past couple of months eliminated 2018 gains and left …
Quartz
Stock Markets
Negative bond rates and inverted yield curves are back
Quartz - Eshe Nelson
For the first time in two and a half years, the yield on benchmark German government bonds fell below zero. Investors have been paying more to park their money in the safest assets, like the 10-year German
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Bond Markets
Economist Daco Sees Bond Yields Dampened by Inflation Expectations
Bloomberg
In "Single Best Chart," Gregory Daco, chief U.S. economist at Oxford Economics, discusses the impact of inflation expectations on global bond yields. …
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Investing
The Dow Tumbles Friday Because Recession Fears Are Suddenly Very Real
Barron's - Evie Liu
Text size Friday funk. All three major U.S. stock market indexes fell into negative territory on Friday after a reliable recession indicator turned …
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Toronto Stock Exchange
BRIEF-Toronto Stock Exchange unofficially closes down
investing.com
TORONTO, Mar 22 (Reuters) - Toronto Stock Exchange S&P/TSX composite index .GSPTSE : * Unofficially closes down 155.26 points, or 0.96 percent, at …
The Motley Fool
Bank of America
Here's Why Shares of Bank of America Were Down on Friday
The Motley Fool - Lou Whiteman
Bank-stock investors are not happy with what the Federal Reserve had to say. What happened Shares of Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) traded down 4% on Friday …
The Wall Street Journal.
Bond Markets
Stocks, Bond Yields Fall Amid Anxiety Over World Economy
The Wall Street Journal. - Akane Otani
Yield on 10-year Treasury note slides to lowest since January 2018 Global stocks and bond yields slid Friday as investors’ anxiety mounted about the health of the world economy. Major stock indexes have
Seeking Alpha
Bond Markets
Investors pull out of equity funds, turn to bond funds: BofAML
Seeking Alpha - Liz Kiesche
Global equity funds saw big outflows this week, a stark contrast to last week's inflows, as fears over economic growth drove investors to hunt for …
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Business
How much gold and silver should you own?
CNN - By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business
New York (CNN Business) — For someone like me that can't afford to buy an ounce of gold, would it be just as good owning several ounces of silver vs. a half ounce of gold? Great question. Gold, trading
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Business (New Zealand)
Potential recession signal: A key 'yield curve' has inverted
nzherald.co.nz - AP
One of the most closely watched predictors of a potential recession just yelped even louder. The signal lies within the bond market, where investors …
Reuters UKadded this to Top News
Debenhams
Debenhams shareholders may face wipeout in restructuring
Reuters - Reuters Editorial
LONDON (Reuters) - Struggling British department store group Debenhams said on Friday its shareholders could be wiped out as a result of some of the restructuring options it is considering and rebuffed
Michael Hartley CFP®added this to Global Economics & Investing
Investing
The Yield Curve Just Inverted. That’s Not as Scary as You Think.
Barron's - Alexandra Scaggs
Text size A key recession indicator has started to flash red for the first time since 2007. Is that as scary as it sounds? The back story. The gap …
The Balance
Money Market
The Hidden River of Money That Keeps Your World Afloat
The Balance - By kimberly@worldmoneywatch.com
Money market instruments are securities that provide businesses, banks, and the government with large amounts of low-cost capital for a short time. …
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Bond Markets
WOW Air Rushes Back To Icelandair As Indigo Partners Deal Collapses
Forbes - Marisa Garcia
Icelandic low-cost carrier WOW air has announced that its ongoing negotiations with Indigo Partners, LLC have collapsed and that it will not re-start negotiations with Icelandair to save the business.
CBS Newsadded this to CBS News
Government Bonds
Treasury yield curve inversion in 2019 for first time since Great Recession - CBS News
cbsnews.com - By Irina Ivanova
A reliable signal of recessions flashes for first time since 2007 / MoneyWatch One of the most closely watched predictors for recession just sent an …
Asia
Japan braces for financial disruption when Akihito abdicates | Financial Times
ft.com - Robin Harding
Japan’s banks and brokers are bracing for foreign exchange volatility, a surge in demand for cash and millennium bug-scale computer problems when the …
Business Insideradded this to Markets
Stock Markets
A Wall Street economist has uncovered a new and improved way to see a stock-market crash coming — and he warns the alarm
Business Insider - Marley Jay
Investors have long relied on the risky high-yield bond market to alert them to coming stock meltdowns. But that alarm filed to go off before last year's selloff. Takahide Kiuchi, executive economist Nomura