Stock Market News From Oct. 29, 2025: Stocks and Bonds Take a Hit Last Updated: 5 hours ago Stocks Tick Lower After Fed Cuts Rates by Quarter-Point By Karishma Vanjani CONCLUDED Wall Street's knee-jerk reaction was to trim its positions on stocks after the Federal Reserve's rate- setting body said it is cutting interest rates by a quarter-point. Remember though, this initial reaction may not hold. The S&P 500 was up 0.2% while the Dow was up 0.3% and the Nasdaq Composite was up 0.5%. All three indexes have ...

CONCLUDED Fed Meeting Today: Interest Rates, Quantitative Tightening, Powell Speech, and More Last Updated: 4 hours ago The Fed Is Ending Quantitative Tightening By Customer Service Customer Center Megan Leonhardt The Federal Reserve's policy committee on Wednesday voted to stop shrinking its balance sheet, a strategy known as quantitative tightening, or QT. "The Committee decided to conclude the reduction of its aggregate securities holdings on December 1,†the statement said. "The Committee is strongly c ...

CONCLUDED Fed Meeting Today: Interest Rates, Quantitative Tightening, Powell Speech, and More Last Updated: 4 hours ago Read the October FOMC Statement Available indicators suggest that economic activity has been expanding at a moderate pace. Job gains have slowed this year, and the unemployment rate has edged up but remained low through August; more recent indicators are consistent with these developments. Inflation has moved up since earlier in the year and remains somewhat elevated. The Committee seeks t ...

Last Updated: 4 hours ago Fed Cuts Rates by a Quarter Point, as Expected By Megan Leonhardt The Federal Reserve lowered interest rates by another quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday, a move that hedges against a weakening labor market. At the conclusion of a two-day policy meeting, the Federal Open Market Committee voted to lower its target for the federal-funds rate to 3.75%- to 4.00%, as investors expected. Ahead of the decision, the interest-rate futures market had the odds locked in at 100% that ...

CONCLUDED Stock Market News From Oct. 29, 2025: Stocks and Bonds Take a Hit Last Updated: 5 hours ago Bessent Appeals Japan to Give Central Bank 'Space' to Fight Inflation, and Raise Rates By Karishma Vanjani Looks like Washington has suggestions for Tokyo, whether it listens is another story. The Bank of Japan is currently deliberating the path of interest rates, with an announcement expected tomorrow. The market thinks it'll hold the rates steady–instead of hiking it–mainly because newly installed Prime M ...

Morningstar says to look for dividend-paying companies with strong track records and easy-to-defend business models. ...

Defensive stocks have been underperforming the market for too long—and they also look reasonably valued. Signs of a comeback are popping up. ...

In aggregate, equity fund managers hold about 3.8% of their portfolios in cash, down from almost 5% early this year, according to Bank of America. ...

Rithm Capital recently announced plans to buy office Paramount Group, which has a big presence in New York and San Francisco. ...

GM didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. ...