While not «active» in the strict sense of the word, the model - driven iShares Short Term Strategic Fixed Income ETF (XSI / TSX) addresses concerns
about rising interest rates while still maintaining a suitable yield.
When the media
talks about rising interest rates, too often investors presume that rates all along the yield curve will rise by the same amount - the curve will move up in parallel.
Plenty of potential home - buyers have been
complaining about rising interest rates, but the Financial Post provides a «glass half - full» view, offering five key reasons why rising interest rates may be good news.
On Wednesday, the yield on the benchmark 10 - year U.S. Treasury note retreated from five - year highs above 5.33 percent to 5.22 percent, a day after concerns
about rising interest rates drove a stock - market sell - off.
Stocks are falling as traders
worry about rising interest rates, and volatility as measured by the VIX has jumped to its highest since the market turmoil of August 2015.
When the nightly news is
about rising interest rates in Europe and uncertainty about the future, it is not surprising that this affects business and consumer confidence.
The major indexes have since struggled to hold gains for the year amid worries
about rising interest rates, a U.S. - China trade war, prohibitive regulation on technology giants and a peak in earnings growth.
Another fiscal impasse could send public and financial confidence plummeting if it comes on top of concerns
about rising interest rates.
Stocks have plunged in the last week as traders worried
about rising interest rates and inflation, bringing an end to more than a year of historically low volatility.
There are a few important lessons I'd like to share with investors
about rising interest rates, which typically favor financial stocks.
There was no specific driver behind Monday's market plunge, which followed stocks» worst week in two years as traders worried
about rising interest rates.
Treasury yields resume a steady climb higher on Wednesday as fretting about the threat of an economically disruptive trade war between the U.S. and China subsided, and takes a back seat to the concerns
about rising interest rates and coming labor - market data, which could inform the Federal Reserve's policy agenda.
It might sound clever to abandon aspects of a diversified portfolio at times when you're worried
about rising interest rates, stock market valuations or geopolitical events.
Unlike a HELOC loan, where you have to worry
about rising interest rates, you always know what you will pay with a HEL.
Because investors needn't worry
about rising interest rates, they feel justified in taking on more risk to combat low yields.
Rick Rieder shares two charts you'll want to see, whether you are an avid Fed watcher or are just worried
about rising interest rates.
If you are worried
about rising interest rates, you may be tempted to move out of bonds into cash.
A late slump left US stocks mostly lower on Wednesday as investors appeared to grow more concerned
about rising interest rates.
As new Fed chair Jerome Powell takes over from Janet Yellen this month, should the industry worry
about rising interest rates?
This is because investors are worried
about rising interest rates, something that makes investment in utilities less attractive compared to bonds and other high yield stocks.
Like most bond investors, we are concerned
about rising interest rates and tax reform, but rather than waiting for higher rates we continue moving ahead anticipating higher rates by tilting the investments toward short and / or intermediate maturities.