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Yahoo FinanceStock market today: S&P 500, Dow back away from records as Fed cheer fizzles
Rate-cut euphoria is fading amid reminders of risks to growth.
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Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500 close at record highs, Nasdaq surges amid rate cut euphoria
Wall Street has absorbed the Fed's message that a deep cut will prove positive for the economy.
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Federal Reserve cuts interest rates by half a percentage point, stocks end lower
Investors digested the Fed's first interest rate cut since 2020.
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Stock market today: Stocks hold steady as world awaits Fed decision
Investors are looking to retail sales data for clues to consumer health, the last piece of data that could factor into the Fed's rate decision.
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Stock market today: Apple pulls down Nasdaq, while Dow hits record close with Fed rate cut on the horizon
Investors are bracing for a crucial week dominated by the Fed's first interest rate cut in four years.
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Stock market today: Stocks end banner week with big gains as jumbo Fed cut odds rise
The stage is set for strong weekly wins after Wall Street's expectations for a 0.5% rate cut by the Fed shot up.
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Stock market today: S&P 500, Nasdaq jump for 4th straight day as tech leads stocks higher
Wholesale inflation and jobless data set the stage for a Fed rate cut next week.
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Stock market today: Nasdaq, S&P 500 surge as Nvidia leads bounce back from post-CPI sell-off
August's CPI data pushed investors to expect a 25 basis point interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve in September.
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Stock market today: Tech leads S&P 500, Nasdaq higher as JPMorgan drags Dow lower
Investors are gearing up for a consumer inflation print seen as crucial to determining the size of the first US interest-rate cut in years.
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Stock market today: S&P 500 surges, Dow jumps over 450 points as stocks rebound from worst week of 2024
Inflation is back in focus for investors gauging pressures that could influence the size of Fed rate cuts.
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Stock market today: Nasdaq, S&P 500 see worst week of the year in volatile start to September
The pivotal August jobs report will provide clues to the size of the Fed's rate cut this month and the health of the economy.
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Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500 continue September swoon ahead of pivotal jobs report
Labor data is in focus as the prospect of rate cuts fails to offset growing doubts about the health of the economy.
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Stock market today: S&P 500, Nasdaq slip as sluggish start to September continues
Investors are looking to labor data to gauge the chances of a "soft landing" for the economy.
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Stock market today: Dow slides 600 points, Nasdaq sinks 3% as Nvidia leads chip sell-off
Wall Street is hunkering down after a roller-coaster August, with the prospect of a potentially stormy September ahead.
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Stock market today: S&P records 4th winning month to cap volatile August
The market is steadying to end the month, with recession fears and the early August rout in the rear mirror, and a long awaited start to Fed easing just ahead.
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Stock market today: Dow hits another record, S&P 500, Nasdaq waver as investors shrug off Nvidia share drop
The dust is settling after Nvidia's solid but disappointing earnings, as investors reassessed the prospects for techs.
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Stock market today: Nasdaq, S&P 500 lead stocks lower ahead of Nvidia earnings, which disappoint
Investors are holding back ahead of the AI bellwether's earnings report, seen as crucial to keeping confidence in the broader market aloft.
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Stock market today: Dow ekes out another record as investors await Nvidia earnings
Stocks are struggling to find a footing as Nvidia's high-stakes earnings loom.
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Stock market today: Dow closes at record high while S&P 500, Nasdaq slide as tech lags
The Dow Jones Industrial Average notched a fresh record high while the other two major averages declined as tech stocks fell.
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Stock market today: Stocks rise as Powell declares 'time has come' to begin cutting interest rates
Investors are bracing for a pivotal speech by Fed Chair Jerome Powell that is likely to shape expectations on policy, the economy, and the future path of interest rates.