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If the sharp rise in yields since the Federal Reserve meeting last week is the start of a rising trend, then shares are in trouble.
James Mackintosh
Senior columnist, markets, The Wall Street Journal
James Mackintosh joined the WSJ in 2016, after almost 20 years at the Financial Times, most recently as Investment Editor and writer of the Short View column.
He is a graduate of St Catherine's College, Oxford, where he gained a first-class degree in Philosophy and Psychology. He spent two further years at the university in postgraduate study of philosophy before entering the real world. He has two cats and two children.
He is @jmackin2 on Twitter.
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