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Are Flattening Curves And Style Rotations Deceptive Omens? Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Bond market pundits often warn that bear yield curve flatteners or inverted yield curves ultimately lead to recessions. Similarly, some equity experts caution that periods of violent back-and-forth rotations among stock sectors and/or style factors are precursors to a market top.  Additionally, the combination of a bearish flattening trend and volatile equity rotations leads some analysts to forecast a recession, with concerning market repercussions.   The argument we present in this article is that predicting economic or financial...

This is as Close as the US and Iran Will Get to Signing an MOU. Well, when news broke that Israel had bombed the southern suburb of Beirut on Sunday afternoon, the Iranians started gearing up for promised retaliation only to be dissuaded by a Donald Trump bribe. Iran and the US reportedly were closing […]

National Counterterrorism Director Joe Kent announced on Tuesday that he was resigning from the Trump administration over the US-Israeli war against Iran, saying he could not “in good conscience” support the conflict. “After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today,” Kent said in […]