That first interest rate hike might feel like a doozy
Breakfast with Benjamin: The Fed's rate hike cycle will be different this time. Plus: Don't overlook the energy sector, new risks facing dividend stocks, and Ecuador as a retirement haven of sorts
- There’s good reason to believe the next Fed interest-rate tightening cycle will be nothing like anything investors have seen in the past. Current bond yields are not sustainable in a normalized economy
- If you’re not exposed to the energy sector, now might be a good time to jump in. Crude oil prices fell 42% in the fourth quarter
- New risks face dividend stocks in 2015. ‘We have no idea when this cycle will turn’
- Ecuador might be a great place to retire, as long as quality of life isn’t a high priority. Healthcare and infrastructure? Not so much
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