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Why Fed rate cuts may juice the stock market and your 401(k)
The Fed's interest rate cuts should continue to fuel the stock market as long as the economy avoids recession, experts say. But stocks are overvalued.
The stock market got exactly what it wanted from the Fed
Stocks have historically reacted well to Fed rate cuts. Since 1971, the first Fed cut has led to positive returns for investors 100% of the time in the next six months, with an average gain of 13%, according to Fundstrat's Tom Lee.
The Fed Is Putting the Stock Market on Track for a Rare Achievement
Stocks in September have been negative for four years in a row but momentum from the rate cut could bring change.
The Fed Rekindled Stock Market Animal Spirits. Now What?
The stock market is dealing with a post-rally hangover. The S&P 500 was down 0.4%, while the Dow was down 75 points, or 0.2%. The Nasdaq Composite fell 0.4%. The half-point rate cut reignited stock market animal spirits yesterday,
Stock market today: Indexes edge up ahead of major Fed interest rate decision
Markets are pricing in with certainty that the Fed will deliver a rate cut this afternoon, the first in over four years.
Morning Bid: Fed mulls inflation undershoot, Europe contracts
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan With U.S. markets now mapping the extent of the Federal Reserve's easing cycle ahead, the prospect of inflation undershooting the central bank's target adds a new twist.
Why the Stock Market Is Up After Yesterday's Post-Fed Slide
After closing lower yesterday, the stock market suddenly loves the Federal Reserve’s half-point rate cut. It may say more about trading under Fed Chair Jerome Powell than anything about monetary policy.
Stock Market Today: Stocks edge higher with Fed, inflation in focus
U.S. equity futures were mixed in early Monday trading, while the dollar jumped higher against its global peers, as investors headed into the final trading week of the month focused on the growth and inflation backdrop ahead of the third quarter earnings season Stocks ended mixed on Friday,
Good News for the Stock Market: The Fed Believes Its Jumbo Rate Cut Was a 1-and-Done
Investors are cheering as policymakers expect the labor market to hold steady through a series of smaller cuts into 2025.
Stock Market Today: Dow struggles for direction after Fed rate-cut rally
The Federal Reserve's big rate cut has given investors reasons to be cautiously optimistic about stocks, despite "stretched ...
Stock market today: US stocks end mixed but finish the week near record highs after the Fed's first rate cut in 4 years
The Dow closed at a record high on Friday. Investors see more gains ahead as the Fed kicks off a new cycle of easing interest ...
The Fed Just Lowered Interest Rates. Is Rivian Stock a Buy Now?
Early in the summer, the Rivian R1T and R1S were listed with leasing prices as low as $559 per month and $639 per month, respectively, and even those prices are still fairly lofty. The Fed rate cut ...
Stock Market Today: Dow futures level off after Fed rate cut rally
Benchmark lending rates in the wake of the Federal Reserve's big rate cut last week, its first in four years, have been ...
Stock market today: Most of Wall Street edges lower after Fed delivers a big cut to rates
Wall Street is holding near its records after the Federal Reserve kicked off its efforts to prevent a recession with a bigger ...
Sorry, the Fed Can’t Save Us From a Bear Market
If stocks already were due for a tumble and the economy for a recession, the Fed’s rate cut probably didn’t avert it.
Fed Chair Powell was trying to make sure the stock market didn't get disappointed: Komal Sri-Kumar
Kumar, Sri-Kumar Global Strategies president, and Darrell Cronk, CIO of Wells Fargo’s wealth and investment management, join ...