With the March numbers in the books, let's jump right into the charts.
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With the March numbers in the books, let's jump right into the charts.

The big news from last month was the Yield Curve inversion. When the yield curve inverts short-term interest rates are higher than long-term rates, which is often considered to be a predictor of an economic recession. On March 29th the most closely watched spread, the 2s/10s inverted. The 2s/30s and the 5s/10s followed suit.
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According to Pictet AM, when the yield curve inverts bonds tend to outperform equities over the following 5 years. Looking at a 12-year horizon, John Hussman found a similar correlation with the share of household financial assets invested in stocks. However, it's important to note that over the long-term, stocks tend to outperform bonds.
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Yields also rose for Aaa- & Baa-rated corporate bonds and for mortgages. However, the Credit Spreads between these yields remained low.
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After the US money supply increased by 25.68% in the previous year, US inflation reached 7.87%. With this development, the real interest rate for a 1-year US Treasury bond fell to -7.07%. Falling real yields are supportive for Gold prices.
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Having examined interest rates in a bit more detail, let's take a look at stocks. Internationally, the US Stock Market kept outperforming the rest of the world and Emerging Markets kept underperforming developed markets.
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On most valuation metrics US stocks still appear "expensive", as they do for example on the S&P 500 Dividend Yield and on the Shiller PE Ratio.
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