The yield on a 5-year TIPS has risen to 0.31%, up from 0.13% on December 1. This is making Thursday's auction of a 4-year, 4-month TIPS an attractive opportunity -- a solidly positive-to-inflation ...

The 10-year (US10Y) and 2-year (US2Y) Treasury yields reached 4%, with the curve inverting early on Monday for the first time since August. The move comes after Friday's blowout jobs report. The ...

The “yield curve” has inverted—and that could be terrible news for your dividends! But don’t worry: there’s a “pullback-proof” way to keep your income and your nest egg secure—no ...

Though yield curve inversions tend to precede recessions, decisions made by consumers can ultimately flip the switch and force the economy into contraction.

Wolfe Research suggested that the yield curve between the U.S. 2 Year Treasury yield (US2Y) and the U.S. 10 Year Treasury yield (US10Y) remains inverted but looks like it "wants to breakout ...

The chart below shows the entire yield curve at different points in time over the past 20 years. You can see how the current yield curve moves lower as you go further out in time.

Today’s 2% yield on TIPS matches the long-term real return for intermediate-term government notes, which unlike TIPS offer no inflation protection. That makes for an unusually attractive deal.

So what's the big deal with all these lines on a graph? Well an inverted yield curve has predicted every recession since 1969. So now that the curve is inverted, is a recession imminent?

The precise time between a yield curve inversion and a recession is difficult to predict, and it has varied considerably. Still, for five decades, it has been a reliable indicator.

Yield curves indicate where future interest rates are headed. Did you know that you can make one in excel? Discover how here.

What Is a Yield Curve? A yield curve is a line that shows how bonds' interest rates change depending on their length to maturity.

Perhaps this is because TIPS – if you think in nominal space like most investors do – can be quirky and complex to analyze on a bond-by-bond basis. Here’s a picture of the TIPS yield curve.