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Shares face robust competitors from money after rates of interest rise, advises Jim Bianco of Bianco Analysis. “You’ll get two-thirds of the long-term appreciation of the inventory market with no threat in any respect,” he tells CNBC. “That’s going to supply heavy competitors for the inventory market. That would suck cash away from the inventory market.”