Chart Of The Day: Can Stocks Handle Rising Rates? It Depends

MoneyShow 2.69K Followers Follow Summary The MoneyShow Chart of the Day shows the 1-year percentage change for the CBOE 10-Year Note Index and the S&P 500 Index. The former is up 21.9% in the last year, while the latter is up 16.4%. So, rising interest rates haven’t derailed the stock market. In March, yields rose quickly and sharply, and stocks fell at the same time. Over the last several days, it’s the same pattern. Yields started spiking again, and stocks started sliding again. The damage isn’t severe... yet. But it’ll likely get worse if the move higher accelerates. MicroStockHub/iStock via Getty Images By Mike Larson Can the stock market handle rising interest rates? The short answer is... it depends. The longer answer is... not if they really catch fire. Take a look at my MoneyShow Chart of This article was written by MoneyShow 2.69K Followers Follow MoneyShow — an industry pioneer in investor education since 1981 — is a global, financial media company, operating the world's leading investment and trading conferences. Each show brings together thousands of investors to attend workshops, presentations and seminars given by the nation's top financial experts. The company also offers exclusive seminars-at-sea, with the investment industry's leading partners. In addition, MoneyShow operates the award-winning, multimedia online community, Moneyshow.com and publishes free Investing and Trading newsletters, which provide individual investors with exclusive ongoing access to the latest investment and trading ideas from the nation's most respected and trusted financial newsletter advisors.