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When interest rates go up, even if they go up just a little,

you can see lots of very good, well-known stocks with juicy dividends just get pummeled.

Right now, some amazing stocks of amazing companies are just getting thrown out with the proverbial

backwater. There's just one problem. Plenty of not so amazing

stocks get hit, too, and they deserve to have their stocks go down the drain. You need to avoid

those like the plague, which means it's very important to know, well, how do you tell the difference?

So on a decidedly mixed day where the Dow dipped 89 points, but the SB advanced 0.10%, and

then as to that gain 0.72%. Should you consider

going against the grain to buy something that's totally out of fashion right now, but may not

stay that way, particularly if you have a slowdown? Do you want to buy the stock of a, let's say,

a red, hot, core weave, a big and after hours, or maybe buy a tried and true well-known

company with a very nice dividend. Oh, it's a tricky situation because we're taught to like

value with income, but the stocks that are both value and income right now are getting slaughtered.

While aggressive growth stocks, they're soaring. Why are the stocks of the tried and true

companies getting crushed despite their solid dividends? Oh, there are a host of reasons. First and

most important interest rates are going higher, specifically in the 10-year treasury. It's a furious

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