No matter how perfect a cup may be, a flawed handle can ruin the entire structure. And perhaps the most ominous flaw could be an upward slope to the handle's development. Think of what a ...

The yield curve is a graphical representation that plots the interest rates of bonds with equal credit quality but varying maturity dates. A normal yield curve slopes upward, indicating higher ...

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A small statue of Lucy, from the Peanuts comic strip, sits on the desk of Georgette H. Dejesus, director of the Upward Bound program at the University of Maryland’s campus here. Under a sign that ...

The chart above shows the spread between the interest rates for 30-year fixed rate mortgages and the rates for 1-month bank CDs, on a quarterly basis from 2000:Q1 to 2009:Q1. Notice how low interest ...

EFA and SPY are both in bullish conditions, trading above their upward-sloping 10-month EMAs and showing long-term uptrends. Despite EFA's positive performance, it has consistently underperformed SPY, ...

In the first case, there is a strong upward-sloping relationship between X and Y; in the second case, no apparent relationship; in the third case, a strong downward-sloping relationship. Note the ...