Stocks Will Continue to Rally After Sharp Fed Rate Cut, Investors Say
The rally will likely be too modest to take the S&P 500 Index above 6,000 before next year, with 44% of the 173 respondents to the latest Markets Live Pulse forecasting the benchmark will rise less than 6% from its Wednesday close and 19% expecting it to decline.
Stock Market Today: Dow, S&P 500 end nearly flat ahead of Fed interest-rate decision
The S&P 500 index is flirting with a new all-time high. The index traded at 5,667.95, briefly passing it's record close of 5,667.20, before trading slightly lower. The S&P 500 hit its last record close on July 16.
Watch These Key S&P 500 Levels Following The Fed's Supersized Rate Cut
The S&P 500 will remain in focus on Thursday after the index closed slightly lower following the Federal Reserveā€™s decision to slash its benchmark rate by 50 basis points. Since
Fed Outsized Rate Cut Draws Muted Reaction, but Calm May Not Last
One reason for the muted market reaction on a close-to-close basis has to do with how asset prices moved in the days leading up to the Fed decision, said Sonu Varghese, global mac
Fed goes with half-point interest rate cut. What that means.
In the end, the Fed decided to go big. The Federal Reserve lowered its key interest rate by a hefty half percentage point Wednesday, moving ahead with its first rate cut in four years and cheering markets that expected an emphatic move amid a softening jobs picture.
Fed moves to protect job market with big rate cut
The move, which is larger than a standard rate cut, also indicates that the central bank is growing nervous about the weakening labor market. While layoffs remain low, job opportunities have dwindled,
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Is It Smart to Buy Stocks With the S&P 500 Near Its Record High? Warren Buffett Has Brilliant Advice for Investors.
Between 1988 and 2023, the S&P 500 achieved an average one-year return of 13.4% after reaching a record high, but the ...
S&P 500 (SPX) today: The benchmark index dropped 0.12% this morning
The S&P 500 opened today at 5,641.68. Within 30 minutes of trading, the benchmark index fell by 6.84 points, or 0.12%, to ...
S&P 500 ends little changed as early gains fade before Fed decision
U.S. stocks closed nearly unchanged on Tuesday, giving up earlier gains that had vaulted the S&P 500 and Dow Industrial ...
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