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What the stock market’s post-Fed-meeting optimism may be getting wrong about the U.S. economy
The U.S. stock market, trading at fresh record highs despite economic challenges, may be expecting more easing from the Federal Reserve than it’s going to get next year.
The U.S. stock market is having a terrific year. The benchmark S&P 500 ( ^GSPC +0.67%) is up 16% in 2025 despite economic uncertainty created by President Trump's tariffs. But there could be trouble on the horizon.
Asia stock markets trade higher on Friday, taking cues from a mixed trading session on Wall Street that followed the U.S. Federal Reserve’s recent interest rate cuts. Sentiment across the region recei
Investors were bracing for the Federal Reserve’s final interest-rate decision of 2025 on Wednesday, with history showing that the S&P 500 index has tended to see a modest gain on Fed days in December.
US equities slid Wednesday as traders brace for a widely anticipated quarter-point rate cut later in the session, along with projections from officials on the trajectory of monetary policy.
Policymakers who will vote on rates next year remain divided on the path forward.
Clients of BofA Securities last week posted their first U.S. equity outflows in three weeks. This comes despite a modest weekly advance in the S&P 500 index ahead of today's Federal Reserve's policy meeting.
Oracle Corporation’s shares tumbled more than 6% in after-hours trading on Wednesday after fiscal second quarter revenue came in at $16.1 billion. The figure marked a 14% rise from the prior year but fell short of Wall Street’s consensus of $16.