Corporate Bonds

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Question: What goes up and what comes down when the fed raises interest rates?

What goes up and what comes down? Gold, Oil, The $, Bonds (all sorts-municipal, corporate, etc.), Stocks (in general) and other things that hold monetary value.

Answer: Gold down/up
Oil down/up
Bonds up
Stocks up or down

^ the above all matter on the term of the economy but lets assume all factors are constant then this would happen

Gold - Down
Oil - Down
Bonds - Up
Stocks - up or down depending on sector

when interest rates are low people fear for inflation so they run to the commodity's

Long Term Bonds? Low Interest Rates...Fixed income