Yep, personal finance analysts I spoke with pointed to the inverted yield curve as a serious warning sign back in 2005 or early 2006.

What we have here is the "Expert Problem" wherein the "experts" aren't any better at predicting things than a randomly selected person.

I suggest reading this for a further discussion of "experts" who aren't:
http://www.amazon.com/Black-Swan-Improbable-Robustness-Fragility/dp/081297381X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1281302997&sr=8-1

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