The Federal Reserve on Wednesday cut interest rates with U.S. stocks trading near a record high. leaving investors searching for historical clues to the path ahead for markets. The S&P 500 briefly traded above its record close from July 16 after the Fed delivered a rate cut of 50 basis points before trimming its gain,

Asian markets have forged higher after the Federal Reserve kicked off its efforts to prevent a recession in the U.S. with a bigger-than-usual cut to interest rates

Markets on Wall Street were positioned to open at record highs Thursday after the Federal Reserve issued a bigger-than-usual interest rate cut intended to fortify a cooling labor market and prevent a