Ten-year Treasury yields sit closer to 3 percent than at any time in the past four years, prompting investors to dust off their playbooks for how to trade in an era of relatively higher rates.Rising rates isn’t exactly a new problem for markets — the 10-year yield jumped 30 basis points in January alone — but this time the spike’s driven by surging commodity prices, not heady economic gains. And that’s thrown a wrinkle into the discussion, particularly when it comes to equities.“Historically, the stock market has done OK with rising inflation, provided economic momentum was also rising,” Jim Paulsen, chief investment strategist at Leuthold Group, wrote in a note to clients Monday. “Stocks also have performed well even when economic momentum has faded, if inflation also moderates. However, periods of stagflation have produced poor results in both the stock and bond markets.”Here’s how some markets may react to the rise in rates:Since the financial crisis, stocks have paid out more than fixed income, but the premium is waning: The spread between the S&P 500’s earnings yield and that of the 10-year Treasury is hovering near the lowest levels in eight years.If yields push past 3 percent, that could alter… Read full this story
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