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Good morning. A lot has been made about rising interest rates. One point that hasn't gotten as..

It's the monthly jobs numbers today and they're not going to be pretty and will be possibly the tip of the iceberg as we head into May.

Good morning. A lot has been made about rising interest rates. One point that hasn't gotten as much attention is to the yield curve. The yield curve is simply a measure of what interest rates prevail at variously-dated Treasuries. A healthy curve, like the one we have now, is rising, with investors demanding higher rates to hold bonds of longer periods of time. The yield curve is also steepening, a sign that the economy is growing. That's in contrast to an inverted yield curve, which tends to predict imminent recessions. The last yield curve? It triggered in late 2019, well before anyone had even heard of the coronavirus. Are you worried about interest rates and their potential impact on the stock market yet? Hit reply and share your thoughts. And thanks for sharing your thoughts so far! Now here's the rest of the news: Sponsored Content Stock Options Are DEAD! "Penny Trades" Have WON… Forget options! Because there's a NEW way to trade. 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Easing the rule allowed banks to have their deposits at Fed banks exempt from bank-capital requirements. • Investment-Grade Corporate Bonds Sour on Selloff The selloff in the bond market is being felt across the entire sector, including in highly-rated corporate bonds. Rising yields mean lower prices, which is bad news for existing bondholders. The recent carnage in the bond markets shows that safe corporate bonds are down 5.4 percent so far this year, against small gains in the high yield (and high risk) space. • Fed's Powell Compares Bitcoin to Gold Calling cryptocurrencies a speculative asset, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell stated that they were more like gold than like the U.S. dollar. He added that cryptocurrencies are still volatile, and as such, do not necessarily make for a strong store of value. 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