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Re:Yield curve is blaring loudest recession warning since 2007 by nostromo on Monday August 05, 2019 @01:57PM (#20616468)
> The farmer may do better to unload his hens, life off of cattle for a few years, and then move back to hens.

This is only true if the farmer can predict the future.

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Re:Yield curve is blaring loudest recession warning since 2007 by VikingCoder on Monday August 05, 2019 @02:35PM (#20616970)
This whole discussion is based on an indicator that people believe is yelling at us "the price of X is about to fall".
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Re:Yield curve is blaring loudest recession warning since 2007 by Godel_unicode on Monday August 05, 2019 @03:59PM (#20618215)
There's always some indicator which yells that, I don't see any reason to believe this one over any of the other ones.

There's been a consistent drumbeat since the end of the great recession that "the next big drop is coming, just look at this chart!". Spoiler alert, they were all wrong.

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Re:Yield curve is blaring loudest recession warning since 2007 by francisofascii on Monday August 05, 2019 @09:33PM (#20621199)
Most likely not wrong. Simply too early.
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Re:Yield curve is blaring loudest recession warning since 2007 by Godel_unicode on Monday August 05, 2019 @10:58PM (#20621693)
They were absolutely wrong. Their claim was that a specific line on a chart held deeper meaning, despite having no basis in science. They were totally incorrect.

Don't let these charlatans off the hook, they largely have no idea how the market works.

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