
Ask Fear & Greed: Why do markets react counterintuitively?
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<p>Listener Brian asks: <em>Last Monday, the ASX tumbled but there was a lot of talk about "interest sensitive stocks" falling disproportionately relative to the index.</em></p>
<p><em>Given that interest rates have started to fall across the globe, and that the RBA's launch on that rate-cutting cycle appears (relatively) imminent, the reaction of the market seems totally counterintuitive (that stocks sensitive to rising interest rates would plummet when rates are about to fall). </em><em>Why is it so?</em></p>
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