* Curves no shorter then 2-years (i.e., 2Yr/10Yr) are flattening a lot and many are inverting.
So, we believe they are signaling the huge number of rate hikes will break something in markets, the economy, and/or the financial plumbing (repo).
Details below.
3/9
2018 Engstrom & Sharpe argued an inverted 10y2y curve did not mean recession. The FOMC was so impressed (or wanted this to be the case) that they invited them to an FOMC meeting to explain it.
The curve inverted in 2019 and a year later, recession.
But hope was soon dashed. Stocks fell 40% by April 1942. The victory at Midway turned around the war, and the markets.
Note one of the darkest periods was May 1940, Dunkirk, and the fear the Nazis would win. One of the worst months for stocks in the 20th century.
3/8
While stocks look like they did well during WW2, up about 40% during the war, inflation was such a big problem that they underperformed the CPI for a decade.