Warning: A Fed Rate Hike Will Doom These "Zombie" Companies

When the Fed rate hike that nearly everyone expects finally happens, a lot of U.S. companies that have been surviving on cheap debt will get pushed into oblivion. But a Fed interest rate hike will raise the cost of that borrowing putting these "zombie" companies at risk. Here's what the first Fed rate hike since 2006 will do to these debt-dependent companies... Tags: fed interest rate hike , Fed rate hike , Federal Reserve , Federal Reserve interest rate hike , federal reserve rate hike , FOMC Meeting , U.S. federal reserve , zombie companies To get full access to all Money Morning content, click here About Money Morning: Money Morning gives you access to a team of ten market experts with more than 250 years of combined investing experience – for free . Our experts – who have appeared on FOXBusiness, CNBC, NPR, and BloombergTV – deliver daily investing tips and stock picks, provide analysis with actions to take, and answer your biggest market questions. Our goal is to help our millions of e-newsletter subscribers and Moneymorning.com visitors become smarter, more confident investors. Disclaimer: © 2015 Money Morning and Money Map Press. All Rights Reserved. Protected by copyright of the United States and international treaties. Any reproduction, copying, or redistribution (electronic or otherwise, including the world wide web), of content from this webpage, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited without the express written permission of Money Morning. 16 W. Madison St. Baltimore, MD, 21201. The post Warning: A Fed Rate Hike Will Doom These "Zombie" Companies appeared first on Money Morning - We Make Investing Profitable .