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How Interest Rates Impact Your Stocks

TradeSmith Editorial Staff

The Federal Reserve has already signaled that it will not raise interest rates in 2021. Instead, the Fed Chair has said the central bank is willing to let the U.S. economy overheat a little to generate more inflation. But when a rate hike comes, it’s essential to understand what it means for your portfolio. Today, I want to explain how higher interest rates (or even the speculation of higher interest rates) would affect your portfolio and what to do about it.

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June 2021

May 2021

Here’s What Really Happened to AT&T

TradeSmith Editorial Staff

On Monday, AT&T Corp. announced it would spin off its Time Warner media assets with Discovery Communications to create a new media giant. AT&T would receive about $43 billion in cash and T shareholders would receive 71% of the new company as part of the deal. Sounds incredible, right? Wall Street was less than impressed with the full details.

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