Traditionally, big Fed interest rate cuts and equity prices hovering near all-time highs are ominous signs for the stock market. Large rate cuts – such as those Fed officials approved and ...

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The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter point, the second reduction this year. A combination of strong data and ...

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Yields on government bonds — which underpin all kinds of borrowing in the economy — are rising. But the Fed is cutting rates.