One section of the U.S. Treasuries yield curve just inverted for the first time in more than a decade. The spread between three- and five-year Treasury yields fell below zero on Monday, in what could be the first signal that the market is putting the Federal Reserve on notice that…

Treasuries surged as plunging stocks sparked a bout of risk aversion and traders started betting that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates as soon as 2020.

A section of the U.S. Treasuries yield curve just inverted for the first time in more than a decade.

What is intellectually tidy about all this this is that the very force that has pressured the stock market since its highs in September--the rising yield on the 2-year Treasury note--now offers--with a 2.83% yield--a clear alternative to the paltry 1.9% yield offered by the S&P 500.

The Dow fell 795 today. And yesterday the yield curve inverted. Is the market predicting a recession or will the inverted yield curve help it happen?

WASHINGTON _ One day the Dow Jones industrial average drops 500 points, then it shoots up 600 points and a few days later it plummets 800 points _ 799 to be exact Tuesday.