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When Interest Rates Rise, Stocks Don’t Have to Fall
LOW interest rates have helped to fuel the stock market rally, and a climb in rates is eventually expected to snuff it out. At least that’s the theory. Here’s the reality: In May, rates actually rose quite sharply, as 10-year Treasury yields jumped to 2.16 percent from 1.63 percent. Yet the Dow Jones industrial average still soared more than 400 points, to end the month at 15,115.57. The stock market’s road did become choppy as rates rose. The Dow lost more than 200 points on Friday, for example, but the overall trend remained upward. It just goes to show that while there is a connection between interest rates ... (full story)
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