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Rising rates don’t kill bull markets
The prospect of rate hikes seems to freak out investors, but historical data shows that bull markets in stocks usually keep on trucking along, albeit with some short-term bumps, once the Federal Reserve goes into tightening mode. Nuveen Asset Management’s Robert Doll and Scott Tonneson are the latest to crunch the numbers. Going back to the early 1980s, they checked on the S&P 500 index’s SPX, -0.41% performance 250 trading days (roughly equal to a year) before and after an initial rate hike—as well as 500 days after. “In most cases, equities performed well prior to Fed rate increases, then struggled or ... (full story)
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