What To Do When Interest Rates Rise?
Since The Great Recession, much of the world has lived in a low or even negative interest rate environment.
That’s begun to change in the last year or so as interest rates around the world have begun rising.
Here in the United States, the 10 Year Treasury Bill (T-Bill) hits its highest level in 4 years last week, and 30-year mortgage rates are the highest they’ve been in two years.
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And of course like with what I talked about in What Should You Do When The Market – Or Your Stock – Crashes?, some are beginning to freak out.
Should you as a long-term value investor in the stock market?
The short answer is no.
The more in-depth answer is in the 14-minute video below.
In this video, I talked about this and the following things…
- If you’re in a specific situation with your investments why you should worry
- Why you shouldn’t worry in most cases
- The short-term outlook for interest rates
- The longer-term outlook for interest rates
- What you should do if interest rates rise to crazy levels not seen since the 70’s
- Why interest rates are rising around the world
- What kind of assets will do best in a higher interest rate market
- And more…
As a long-term value investor are you worried about interest rates? Did I miss anything above?
Let me know in the comments below.
And to learn more about the effect interest rates can have on the stock market read this article from Investopedia.
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