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Jean Frohling always wanted to help her three children buy places of their own. She and her husband, now in their mid-60s, saved for years in hopes of one day pulling their kids onto the property ladder. Eventually, hard work and foresight paid off: They gifted each of their first two children thousands of dollars to pad the down payments …

A specialist trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., Sept. 15, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Stock futures were little changed Wednesday as traders prepared for a much-anticipated monetary policy decision and an even more important policy outlook from the Federal Reserve on Wednesday. S&P 500 futures were flat, while …

Fed Rate Cut to Mark Pivot Toward Job Market: Decision-Day Guide  Bloomberg.com Fed set to cut rates, but forecast for rest of 2025 is key to markets with politics clouding the picture  CNBC Fed expected to cut rates for first time in 2025 amid Trump pressure  Fox Business ‘Peak Goldilocks’: The markets have bought the Fed rumors—watch for them to sell on the …

US retail sales increase strongly; softening labor market a headwind  Reuters Against the odds, Americans are still spending  CNN Retail sales up 0.6% in August from July even as tariffs hurt jobs and lead to price hikes  Yahoo Finance Retail sales are strong for the third month in a row. Economy still seems to be in pretty good shape.  MarketWatch Retail sales surprise as …

Fed Rate Decision Comes as the Stock Market Enters Its Worst Period. What’s Next for the Rally.  Barron’s Market track record is flawless when the Fed cuts rates with S&P 500 near record high  CNBC 3 scenarios for the Fed rate decision — and how markets could react to each  Business Insider ‘Dust off your rate-cutting playbook,’ JPMorgan tells clients—the evidence for a …

America’s largest group of homebuilders is feeling good about where the housing market is headed. That’s because everyone seems confident that the Fed is poised to cut interest rates for the first time in 2025 this week, the National Association of Homebuilders wrote in a note Tuesday. That’s expected to lower borrowing costs for buyers—a much-needed catalyst for the US …

A Federal Reserve rate cut on Wednesday could supercharge an already strong stock market. JPMorgan’s trading desk says that, when the Fed lowers its benchmark lending rate while the S & P 500 is within 1% of its all-time high, the index soars on average by nearly 15% over the next year. The traders also noted that this trend is …

Stock Market Today: Dow Futures Waver; Dollar Weaken; Gold Hits Record — Live Updates  The Wall Street Journal S&P 500 futures tick higher after benchmark closed above 6,600; Fed meeting to begin: Live updates  CNBC Wall Street rises to more records as Tesla vrooms higher  ABC News US Stocks Advance as Traders Await Highly-Anticipated Rate Cut  Bloomberg.com Wall Street indexes end higher ahead of …

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the opening bell in New York on September 15, 2025. Timothy A. Clary | Afp | Getty Images S&P 500 futures were flat Monday night after the Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to join the Federal Reserve, Stephen Miran, just one day before the central bank meets to consider whether …