3 stock market charts to consider as interest rates rise 📊📉📈

Rising rates mean higher borrowing costs, but it's not obviously a bad sign for stocks 🤔

Long-term interest rates have been rising. (Source: FRED)

Generally speaking, rising interest rates are worse for borrowers than falling interest rates. That’s not news to anyone.

For those sitting on a lot of cash, rising interest rates can be welcome news, as they mean more interest income.

Even if you are a net borrower, falling rates might be a bad thing, because they may be a symptom of bigger problems in the economy.

All that’s to say there’s more to the story than “high interest rates are bad for stocks.”

Consider the following three charts.