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What might an interest rate hike mean for the markets?
What might an interest rate hike mean for the markets?
For two years, everyone asked when the next rate cut was coming. Now the question has flipped: what if the next move is a hike? Philip Petursson, Chief Investment Strategist at IG Wealth Management, went back to 1958 to study what actually happens to stocks after a first rate hike. The answer is not what most investors expect. Philip explains what history tells us about the move everyone is now bracing for and why the first hike and the last hike in a cycle are two very different stories.