Rate Hike Driven Stock Sell-Offs Are Often Short Lived

Don’t fear an interest rate driven market correction, they are typically short lived and present buying opportunities, says a new European Equities Strategy report from Barclays, sounding an increasingly familiar theme among institutional investor advisory groups.

The recent rate hike history when it is done "for the right reason"

One would have to go back to the turn of the century to understand the impact of rate rises on equity markets in Europe. During the start of the ECB hiking cycle in 2005, and then in 2013 with the “taper tantrum,” did equities find a reason to significantly sell off as a result of...