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Chart of the Week: Does a Yield-Curve Inversion Mean Recession Is Coming?

The handwringing over a “yield-curve inversion” presaging recession has begun. Be prepared to hear a whole lot more about inversions in the weeks, months and quarters ahead. First, a definition. The “yield curve” refers to a line on a chart mapping the yields of Treasury bonds of various maturities. Most of …

Chart of the Week: The Reality of Wartime Returns

A month ago, Russia invaded Ukraine; surely stocks are down and bonds are up since then, right? Not quite. This week’s chart plots the returns of a few major markets as measured by Vanguard’s index funds. Going region by region for stocks: European equities fell the hardest at first—no surprise there—but after …

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Chart of the Week: Will High Gasoline Prices Lead to Recession?

As was drilled into me in Econ 101, two factors drive prices—supply and demand. The past two years have certainly provided professors of the dismal science ample real-world examples we can all relate to—particularly at the gas pump. If demand dries up, then prices fall. During the initial COVID-19 economic lockdown in …

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Chart of the Week: A Lesson From Warren Buffett

Why can’t investors own the “consistently best-performing funds”? We certainly would if we could, but it’s far easier said than done. At Adviser Investments, we work incredibly hard to partner with managers who will outperform over time. However, expecting the managers we invest with (or any manager, really) to outperform the S&P …