One of the biggest stories over the past year or so has been rising interest rates. You may have heard that the yield curve is now inverted, which means that the 10-year Treasury rate is actually less than the two-year rate.

More specifically, the 10-year Treasury rate is currently 3.5% compared to 4.1% for the two-year rate and 4.7% for the three-month rate. An inverted yield curve indicates that investors believe interest rates will decline in the future, which typically happens during a recession, when the cost of borrowing becomes cheaper to stimulate the economy.

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Source Fool.com