Key Takeaways The Dow surged to a record 45,631.74 after Powells Jackson Hole comments.Rate-cut hopes and cyclical stock rotation fuel Dow's momentum.Five blue-chip stocks JPM, GS, JNJ, DIS and MSFT offer solid growth outlooks.On Aug. 22, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, in his speech at the central bank’s annual Jackson Hole Symposium for Economic Policies, gave a tepid indication of possible interest rate cuts in the rest of 2025. The Fed’s next FOMC meeting is scheduled for September. Despite a lukewarm hint, ...