The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) today is up +0.10%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI) (DIA) is up +0.03%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is up by +0.25%.
Stocks today have erased knee-jerk gains after the initial 2:00 PM Eastern announcement and are trading close to the flat line again after the FOMC opted to cut interest rates by 50 basis points. The markets will now look to today’s post-meeting comments from Fed Chair Powell to see why policymakers bypassed a more typical -25 bps cut in the fed funds target range and opted for a larger -50 bps rate cut instead. Also, fresh quarterly projections in the form of the Fed’s “dot plot” will offer further insight into the path of interest rates and the economy.
