The S&P 500 will remain in focus on Thursday after the index closed slightly lower following the Federal Reserve’s decision to slash its benchmark rate by 50 basis points. Monitor these important chart levels.

To try and determine how the market will react, Barron’s reviewed the historical performance of the stock market following rate cuts.

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

Stocks and bonds fell after the central bank’s first rate reduction since 2020. The S&P 500 dropped to reverse a gain of as much as 1% after Fed Chair Jerome Powell cautioned ag

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.

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