Stock Market News, Oct. 29, 2025: Dow ends lower, but Nasdaq scores fresh record after Fed cuts rates for second time this year and ends shrinking of balance sheet; earnings ...

Stocks finish mostly lower even after the Fed cut interest rates and said it will stop shrinking its balance sheet on Dec. 1. Separately, investors are preparing for earnings from three of the Mag 7 mega-cap stocks after the close.

Stock Market Today: Stocks Tumble After Tumultuous Meta and Microsoft Earnings; Surprise Fed Comments

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Fed reduces interest rate by a quarter point, Powell says December cut not guaranteed

Interest rates should continue their downward journey, as forecasters expect another rate cut from the Fed on Oct. 29. Are more cuts coming?

Wall Street waffles around its records after the Fed cuts rates but won’t guarantee more

Shares are mostly higher in Asia and Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index has surged more than 2% to another record.

Stock market faces midweek double whammy as Fed decision collides with megacap tech earnings. Here’s what to watch.

The stock market’s record-setting rally faces a midweek double whammy as a pivotal Federal Reserve’s interest-rate decision collides with a flood of megacap tech earnings.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell Could Soon Give More Good News to Investors. Here Are 3 Stocks That Should Be Big Winners.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell Could Soon Give More Good News to Investors. Here Are 3 Stocks That Should Be Big Winners. Data center REIT Digital Realty Trust should be a natural beneficiary of further interest rate cuts.
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