{"id":218626,"date":"2026-10-06T13:04:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T17:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/uncategorized\/why-major-stock-indices-dont-care-about-rates\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T09:21:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T09:21:39","slug":"why-major-stock-indices-dont-care-about-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.eu\/campus\/traders-insight\/ibkr-market-insights\/why-major-stock-indices-dont-care-about-rates\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Major Stock Indices Don\u2019t Care About Rates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the questions plaguing investors in recent weeks is why major stock indices have been able to rally to new highs even as interest rates reach levels that have not been seen for decades.&nbsp; Yesterday, a concise answer to that question occurred to me during a conversation with a reporter.&nbsp; To my pleasant surprise, it became the <em>Wall Street Journal\u2019s<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/livecoverage\/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-10-05-2026\/card\/-money-quote-a-momentum-driven-day-lVHxqWessmhzcZZSnVJ0?mod=Searchresults&amp;pos=1&amp;page=1\">Money Quote<\/a> of the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"431\" height=\"166\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/image-16.png\" alt=\"money quote illustrative picture\" class=\"wp-image-218627 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-16.png 431w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-16-300x116.png 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 431px) 100vw, 431px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 431px; aspect-ratio: 431\/166;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The quote contains a degree of exaggeration, or perhaps snark, but the comment is rooted in sound economics.\u00a0 The general perception surrounding the adoption of artificial intelligence is that its potential is limitless.\u00a0 While we are years, if not decades, away from realizing the technology\u2019s full potential \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bing.com\/ck\/a?!&amp;&amp;p=9c2db8548b97d5db1a4ac3dddaf75b64a360e2edeb331951c185013aa5fd44f3JmltdHM9MTc5MTI0NDgwMA&amp;ptn=3&amp;ver=2&amp;hsh=4&amp;fclid=1e9ffdd7-b3c6-62a0-1d01-eb51b2506341&amp;psq=pacing+the+frontier+letter&amp;u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucGFjaW5ndGhlZnJvbnRpZXIuY29tLw\">good or bad<\/a> \u2013 the belief is that it will offer huge productivity benefits for which end users will pay handsomely.\u00a0 So far, the benefits have resulted in huge profits for the \u201cmakers\u201d of the new technology \u2013 semiconductor manufacturers, cloud vendors, the builders of data centers \u2013 even as profitability remains elusive so far for industry leaders like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.morningstar.com\/news\/marketwatch\/2026091414\/the-very-big-caveat-to-the-report-that-anthropic-is-profitable-for-a-second-straight-quarter\">Anthropic<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/technology\/ai\/articles\/openai-financials-leaked-not-bad-113800414.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmluZy5jb20v&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAG8hFR-HDNJ_4iTiv_NoUywYqOZNzUz9oamSMApU5RwFZfyONUrZHyLBv9_PbKhV2z2fwZmlwGepsgqm2s230ZDjbxOb7Hzl_4-8VAsmntRD5FOgEMxh7Owh2THlDC9pkf58NVk1VA6briOtkAuEQM-qv3IpKIV86Umfio19g-gZ\">OpenAI<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That distinction is crucially important.&nbsp; The latter two companies are not public &#8211; at least not yet \u2013 while the top-heavy S&amp;P 500 (SPX) and Nasdaq 100 (NDX) are dominated by the sort of names that are benefiting most from the waves of spending.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It creates an interesting positive feedback loop.\u00a0 Last week, we pointed out that during the third quarter, and September specifically, large-cap technology stocks generally outperformed most other shares, whether delineated by size or sector.\u00a0 Thus, the already top-heavy, market-cap-weighted benchmarks became even more concentrated and top-heavy.\u00a0 This, of course, is great news for those who are invested in those key stocks and funds that are proxies for those key indices.\u00a0 It also explains why higher rates aren\u2019t mattering to stocks right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are, of course, many potential reasons for the current bout of higher rates.&nbsp; Remember, while those of us in the USA are primarily focused on rising Treasury yields, rates are going up throughout the world\u2019s economies.&nbsp; The combination of rising deficits in many countries and higher input prices, such as energy, copper, and agricultural commodities, is undoubtedly a key factor.&nbsp; But another factor is that the AI buildout is creating a huge demand for funding, and many of those with the highest demand for funds were recently huge providers of cash flow.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interest rates are the price of money, and the price of any good or service is set at the margin.&nbsp; The marginal demand for money on a local and global basis is rising; so, too, is its price.&nbsp; This is a premise of basic economics.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another is that companies will find it profitable to borrow money to finance investments as long as the likely return on that investment exceeds the cost of that borrowing.&nbsp; If that potential return on investment is deemed to be huge, it makes the borrowers insensitive to changes in rates.&nbsp; If my company has the opportunity to finance a project that is likely to return significant double-digit percentage returns \u2013 if not even higher \u2013 then why should I care if I have to pay 50 basis points, a full percentage point, or even several percentage points more to be able to undertake it?&nbsp;&nbsp; Thus, we have the rationale for the comment I offered to the <em>WSJ<\/em> yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, with yields ticking slightly lower, we see those indices turbocharged as investors hope for a breakout after SPX charged to a new all-time high shortly after the open.\u00a0 For the short term, we are likely to see stock traders treat changes in interest rates as another ratchet effect for stocks.\u00a0 Indexes will rally when rates tick lower and yawn when they rise.\u00a0 That could change dramatically after companies begin offering guidance along with their quarterly results later this month.\u00a0 But for now, inertia continues to rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the 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