President-elect Donald Trump’s win, coupled with a quarter-point interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve, pushed major stock indexes into record territory.
Category: Russell 2,000 Stock Index
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The Stock Market’s Bullish Run Is Likely to Continue, Analysts Say
The bullishness on Wall Street is largely based on confidence that the Federal Reserve will tame inflation, the economy will remain solid and corporate earnings will continue to grow.
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Stocks Rally a Day After Fed’s Big Interest Rate Cut
The S&P 500 had already been climbing as investors grew more confident that the Federal Reserve would cut interest rates by half a percentage point. Thursday’s gain put the index in range of a closing record.
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Wall Street Expects Half-Point Fed Rate Cut
The S&P 500 is hovering just below record territory, driven by a revived rally as bets have grown that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates by half a percentage point.
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Stock Market Rotation Leads to Small Cap Rally
Shifting views on the economy have led to a “rotation” in the stock market. Small stocks and companies geared toward the economic cycle are rising. Big Tech is lagging.
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Tesla and Alphabet Earnings Prompt Big Tech Stock Decline
Disappointing earnings reports from the tech giants dragged the Nasdaq composite down 2.9 percent, amid a shift by investors to stocks of smaller companies.
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Jobs Data Revives Wall Street’s Hopes for a Rate Cut
A cooler-than-expected jobs report for April shifted the tone on Wall Street, rekindling investors’ expectations that the Federal Reserve may cut rates soon.
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‘It’s Clearly Bleak’: Stocks Set for Longest Losing Streak in Months
A rally at the start of the year has given way to worries about economics and geopolitics on Wall Street.
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S&P 500 Surges to Start the Year
The S&P 500, rising 10 percent, set the pace as investors looked forward to interest rate cuts.
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Stocks Sink as Stubborn Inflation Resets Fed Rate Forecasts
A hotter-than-expected inflation report led investors to push out their expectations for Federal Reserve rate cuts until later in the year.
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Downturn or Not? At Year’s End, Wall St. Is Split on What’s Ahead.
Analysts bullish on 2023 were largely right and expect more of the same in 2024. Bears caution that the Fed’s impact is yet to be determined.