It’s a contrarian’s dream come true.
Contrarian investors like to buck the trend. They buy when other investors are selling and sell when others are buying.
Way back, when radio disk jockeys played 45-rpm vinyl singles, the A-side of a disk was the song the record company was promoting and the other side – the flip side – held a song that sometimes had an equal or greater impact. For instance, the flip side of Queen’s We Are the Champions was We Will Rock You.
It’s not a black diamond ski run yet, but the yield curve for U.S. Treasuries is steeper than it has been in a while.
A yield curve is the line on a graph showing yields for different maturities of bonds. Yield curves provide insight to bond investors’ perceptions about the economy. There are four basic types of yield curves:
They say people watching the same event often see different things. That seems to have been the case last week when share prices of a few companies experienced tremendous volatility.
Last week, as COVID-19 vaccination efforts continued, there was speculation about stock market corrections and asset bubbles.
Investors were rocked by economic data showing the economy hit the brakes hard in December.
The event at the United States Capitol building had a resounding impact around the world, but it didn’t deter global stock markets.
Last week was the cherry on top of a turbulent year for investors.
U.S. stock markets remained calm.
U.S. stock markets remained calm as a fresh chapter opened in the coronavirus stimulus saga last week.
Congress is at $900 billion, will they hear $1.4 trillion, $1.4 trillion, governments at $900 billion, who’ll go $1.4 trillion, $1.4 trillion…
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