On Tuesday, for the first time since the height of the last recession in March, 2009, stock dividends were earning investors more than 30 year treasury bonds. This phenomenon occurred due to investors becoming frightened from the trade war and pouring their wealth into safer assets. Despite the yield curve inversion being a common sign for a recession, the continual slide of the 30 year bond yield (to 1.961%) benefits the equity market and allows investors that are attempting

On Wednesday, the yield on the 10 year Treasury bond dipped below the 2-year rate. The inversion of the bond yield curve is a common sign for the beginning of a recession, which scared off investors and dropped Dow Jones a whopping 3% (800 points). Despite all the current panic surrounding speculations of an emerging recession, according to Credit Suisse, we shouldn’t be worried. Credit Suisse has been tracking 7 key factors of the economy, for past recessions dating back to

President Donald Trump tweeted on Thursday that a new tariff on 300 billion dollars worth of consumer goods imported from China will be established. This new policy, if implemented, will not only have a lasting impact on the global economy, but also on American consumers. A multitude of different consumer good manufacturers have already felt the impact of the impending tariff, such as Best Buy dropping 11% after Trump tweeted his decision. Despite the trade war already causin