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  Today's Yield Curve, A Slippery Slope?
  
  In a 2006 Knowledge College titled “Inverted Yield Curve,” we analyzed the inverted yield curve and its possible investment implications. A little over three years later, we have witnessed a dramatic shift as government intervention and market forces have pushed the slope of the yield curve to the opposite extreme. With the spread between 30-year and 2-year U.S. Treasuries at 3.62%, the yield curve is currently the steepest it has been in the last 30 years and one of the steepest since World War II
  
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  Too Far Too Fast?
  
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  To Inflate or Deflate, That is the Question…
  
  Market participants are vigorously debating the inflationary or deflationary prospects of the U.S. economy. Although the Consumer Price Index1 (CPI) increased 0.7% in June 2009, it is still down 1.4% over the last 12 months, causing wide dispersion in future expectations. The following summarizes the possible drivers of inflation and deflation, given the current state of the U.S. economy.
  
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  The Fed and Treasury's Financial Stability Plan
  
  The Federal Reserve and U.S. Treasury continue to take unprecedented policy actions to fight the worst financial crisis in almost eight decades. The following reviews the newly initiated Financial Stability Plan.
  
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- Fourth Quarter 2008 Knowledge College Preview Download
  
  All Hand on Deck at The Fed and Treasury
  
  2008’s financial turmoil led to unprecedented government intervention into the capital markets. With a crumbling housing market, shattered confidence, a banking system on life support, a deep credit freeze, and an accelerating recession, politicians and policy makers are determined to buttress the most severe financial crisis since the 1930s.
  
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  A Bear Market Survival Guide
  
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  Declining Home Prices
  
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  The Federal Reserve and The Credit Crisis
  
  The Federal Reserve has taken an unprecedented role during the current credit crisis. The following is a summary of The Fed’s role in the past and how it has changed.
  
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- Fourth Quarter 2007 Knowledge College Preview Download
  
  The Fall of the Dollar
  
  The value of the dollar relative to the euro fell about 8% during 2007. The dollar has depreciated by approximately 20% in real terms since 2002. What are the forces that drive the dollar and other currencies and how can that potentially impact your investments?
  
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  The Credit Crisis of 2007
  
  During July and August, the markets experienced a sudden and severe repricing of risk that caused the value of many asset-backed securities (primarily those comprised of subprime mortgages) to spiral downward. The fallout led to central banks around the world, including the Federal Reserve, taking action in attempt to restore liquidity to the markets.
  
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  Understanding Risk
  
  To achieve financial goals and invest successfully, most investors have to be willing to take on some risk. Understanding how to tolerate risk and avoid panic selling when the market hits its inevitable bumps is a critical component of a successful investment strategy.
  
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  First Quarter 2007 Knowledge College
  
  Our recent paper, “The Next Chapter in the Active versus Passive Debate” examined the performance of almost 1,600 mutual funds with ten-year records across 17 categories. We’ve summarized the key findings from that paper.
  
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