Quick Finance Tip – Spot Curve and Inverted Yield Curve

​Spot Curve (zero or strip curve) is a sequence of Yield to Maturities on zero-coupon bonds. The Curve is upward sloping and flattens for longer time to maturity, during normal market conditions. The Curve is downward sloping in where shorter-term yields are higher than longer-term yields. The name for this downward sloping curve known as the Inverted Yield Curve.