How To Protect Yourself If Interest Rates Rise

My late father-in-law was a patriotic Canadian who insisted he'd be willing to pay more for products made here. I remember he once bought a $143 garden bench from Canadian Tire and proudly pointed out the “Made in Canada” sticker. The next day I bought the identical bench, minus the Canada sticker, for $43 at Wal-Mart. Somebody at Wal-Mart must have misprinted the price, he said, but just to be sure, he went to the same store I'd gone to and checked out the garden furniture. The...