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Saturday, 10 October 2015

What to Own During Rate Hikes

CNBC recently have an article regarding what stocks should investors own if the Fed decides to raise interest rates.
We figured it would be good to reproduce the piece here for our readers' reference.

Below is the link to the original article
http://www.cnbc.com/2015/09/15/when-the-fed-raises-rates-heres-what-happens.html

MORE LINKS
GE Effect on STI
Raising of Re-Employment Age to 67
Singapore Finance Minister on Personal Finance Part 1
Singapore Finance Minister on Personal Finance Part 2
Getting out of CPF Retirement Sum

Investment Play when Interest Rates go Up

WINNERS
Majority business dealings in the US will benefit
Strong Balance Sheet companies tend to outperform in the first 3 months of a rate hike
High Return on Capital companies tend to outperform their lower quality counterparts
Low Volatility Stocks tend to outperform their higher volatility counterparts

LOSERS
Multinationals with lots of debts do far worse


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