The 10-Year Treasury Yield Just Hit the Significant 5% Threshold. Here's What That Means for the Stock Market.

Key Points A number of factors, including inflation, oil prices, and Kevin Warsh's comments, are pushing treasury yields higher. Higher yields encourage investors to rotate from stocks to bonds. It's a mistake to try to predict where interest rates are headed from here. 10 stocks we like better than S&P 500 Index › The 10-Year treasury yield briefly hit 5% on Monday, peaking at 5.012%, its highest level since 2007. Rising Treasury yields reflect, above all else, that investors see inflation as entrenched over the longer term and that the Federal Reserve will have to keep the Fed funds rate elevated to rein it in. Missed Nvidia in 2009? This Rare Signal Is Flashing Again.