What Happened to Stocks when Bonds flashed a huge Recession Signal?

2019-03-23

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Yield curve has been a reliable recession indicator in the past. The spread between the 3-month Treasury bill and the 10-year note went into negative territory on Friday, the first time since 2007.

The more widely watched part of the curve — the gap between yields on the 2-year and 10-year debt — is getting closer to inversion as well, falling to just 10 basis points, versus 60 basis points a year ago.

Don’t panic yet. Stocks could have a lot more room to run even if the feared “yield curve” inverts, history shows.