Fed, Soft Landing
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.
What’s Next After The Fed’s Big Interest Rate Cut?
Forbes’ expert contributors help explain what the Fed’s move means for investors, businesses, job seekers, home buyers and more.
Stock Market Today: Stocks Swing Lower After Fed's Jumbo Rate Cut
Stocks were choppy in the lead-up to today's Federal Reserve policy announcement. While the main indexes made a confident move higher after the central bank cut rates by a half-percentage point, a late-day burst of selling pressure sent them into the red at the close.
Investors cheer a soft landing scenario after Fed’s big rate cut. But they’re still keeping their guard up for a downturn.
The Federal Reserve finally gave stock-market investors what they wanted by cutting interest rates for the first time since March 2020, making a soft landing for the economy more likely now that inflation has fallen.
After The Fed Rate Cut: Soft Landing Checklist
The reaction to the rate cut has been positive across the soft landing checklist. Odds of avoiding recession are higher following Chair Powell's aggressive start.
Stocks Climb on Optimism Fed Can Achieve a Soft Landing
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) today is up by +0.21%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI) (DIA) is up by +0.04%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is up by +0.28%. Stocks are climbing today,
Mind on Money: The Fed may be getting its 'soft landing'
Perhaps the most well-indicated interest rate policy change I can remember is now behind us. The Federal Reserve bank (the Fed) announced on Wednesday this week it would cut the
Stock market today: Dow ends at a record high as markets see rising odds of another big rate cut
Odds of another 50 basis point rate cut at the Federal Reserve's next FOMC meeting in November hit 53% on Monday compared to ...
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 ...
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: 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 ...
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 ...
Fed's rate cut sends stocks to record highs. Where are markets headed from here?
The S&P 500 and the Dow vaulted to record highs one day after the rate cut. Stocks rallied to record highs this week in the ...
Stock market today: Dow surges 462 points as stocks rally after jumbo Fed rate cut
Indexes rose Thursday as investors digested Wednesday's jumbo rate cut from the Fed and a fall in weekly jobless claims.
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What a bigger-than-expected Fed rate cut would mean for the stock market
But a confluence of events later in the week once again revived bets of a larger, 0.50% rate ... a deeper cut from the Fed. The risk is that significant deterioration in the job market ...