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Wall Street Pros Say Fears of Fewer Fed Cuts Sparking Selloff

(Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve did what markets expected Wednesday. But that didn’t stop investors from dumping risk assets in droves.Most Read from BloombergNYPD Car Chases Are Becoming More Frequent — and More DangerousStock sold off violently at the end of the session after the Fed cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point, its third straight reduction, and Chair Jerome Powell indicated that the central bank will likely put further reductions on hold while inflation stays abov

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Morning Bid: Fed's 'hawkish cut' slams markets, BOJ up next

The Federal Reserve has spoken, and as far as investors are concerned, the message was clear - clearly hawkish. Investors in Asia go into Thursday on the defensive after the Fed cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point as expected, but signaled a slower pace of easing ahead.

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Stocks skid after Fed signals it will slow down its easing

According to preliminary data, the S&P 500 lost 2.96%, while the Nasdaq Composite lost 3.62% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell or 2.61%. The Dow and S&P saw their biggest one-day percentage decline since Aug. 5 and the Nasdaq saw its biggest daily decline since July 24. "Everything in the dot plot suggested that we have higher economic growth, a stronger labor market, more inflation, fewer Fed rate cuts and a higher neutral rate."

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