Such drops below 0 are what is known as an inverted yield curve. Inversion happens when the 6-month Treasury Bill yield is higher than the 10-year Treasury Note yield. An inverted yield curve has preceded every recession since 1958 (lower section of chart) with a “mean lead time” of 1...
Greece is asking for a four-month extension of the current bailout financing on condition that it would not roll back economic reforms, would continue to run a primary budget surplus (budget surplus before interest payments), and would pledge to pay its creditors in full. In return it would ...
Little-known Quantum ETF rakes in cash after computing breakthrough All that changed in the span of a nanosecond after Google-parent Alphabet Inc. announced a big breakthrough in quantum computing earlier this month. Now, flows for the fund, which trades under the ticker QTUM, are surging like...
000 per month to the nest egg. So, the boost from the OMY comes not just from the one year reduced retirement horizon but also the additional contributions while working for another year. This raises the big question:
currency hit a six-month high against the Japanese currency at 85.515 yen. The Bank of Japan is expected to announce that it has kept its target rate at zero to 0.1% at the end of its two-day meeting on Thursday, according to a Bloomberg survey of economists, as the country tries ...
tongue in cheek this bear might be my fault, I was planned to FIRE next month, but last year I said to the Mrs, I’d like a dip to test the spreadsheet numbers so that we aren’t firing on a high followed by a low and the numbers don’t work….. Although the spreadsheet says...
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Last month, my wifeJo Annand I were privileged to be the first guests on the newTom Woods School of Lifeprogram, doing a two-part series on “personal finance.” We emphasized the three basic steps to financial independence: Save regularly, live within your budget and invest wisely. If o...
So if you buy shares of 2 ETF's each month as I do, your monthly fee is 8 USD (excluding the trades). In other words, aside from the 10 dollars a month, you can buy and sell ETFs for free, up to 10 trades a month, so you're never paying more than ~R160 (at current rates...
As the second-fastest growing region in the world, Africa has enjoyed robust economic growth in recent years. However, that progress has not been enough to make up for the lost decades of economic stagnation that preceded the recent recovery. Also, the benefits of...