This week, we dive into everything you've ever wanted to know about interest rates - touted as the "backbone" of the economy through their determinant of the "time value of money" and through pricing-in risk.

In this episode, we explain just what the heck interest rates are, how they work, why they matter, what they mean for you as the retail investor, how you should approach any interest rate changes, and whether you should be factoring interest rate changes into your investment decisions - if so, how?

We are in the midst of macroeconomic uncertainty; markets around the world have reacted unfavourably to central bank monetary tightening (rising interest rates), and we have observed sell-offs of varying magnitudes over the past few months. Such is why the savvy investor should continue to closely monitor the global interest rate environment to identify key risks and opportunities.

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