Decline Quote by Joseph Barbera

Lower interest rates are usually considered good for stocks because they lower the cost of borrowing and make bonds a less attractive alternative investment.

— Alex Berenson

Rising interest rates are considered bad for stocks because they raise the cost of doing business and depress corporate earnings and because higher yields…

— Alex Berenson

It's one of the fundamental principles of the stock market: When interest rates go up, stocks go down. And along with financial companies and…

— Alex Berenson

Dead-low interest rates are great for stocks. They don't run up, they creep up.

— Howard Lutnick

Stock price multiples are negatively correlated with real interest rates. As interest rates rise, the market multiple will fall.

— Porter Stansberry

Negative interest rates hurt banks' balance sheets, with the 'wealth effect' on banks overwhelming the small increase in incentives to lend.

— Joseph Stiglitz

Every portfolio benefits from bonds; they provide a cushion when the stock market hits a rough patch. But avoiding stocks completely could mean your…

— Suze Orman

The interest is up and the Stock Markets down.

— Hank Williams Jr

Should that worse scenario materialize, then most probably our propensity to increase interest rates will be weaker.

— Marek Belka

The only thing that looks good is the stock market, but if you raise interest rates even a little bit, that's going to come…

— Donald Trump

“Thus, increases in interest rates matter greatly for the economy as a whole. They not only cause direct reductions in investment spending and interest-sensitive…

— McConnell Campbell

Raising interest rates might lead to some initial reductions in wealth by lowering asset prices, but it could also take a bite out of…

— Gerald Epstein