Market down on recession woes but Fed cut helps
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Recession worries pushed U.S. stocks lower on Tuesday, but the decline was shallower than feared at first as an emergency interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve helped to ease investor fears and stabilize global markets.
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Stocks declined slightly after opening on Thursday in sign that investor enthusiasm over the Federal Reserve's big rate cut this week was fading and as investment banks reported mixed financial results.
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Stocks cut early losses on Wednesday as financial companies gained in the aftermath of Tuesday's interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve.
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Wall Street plunged at the opening of trading Tuesday, propelling the Dow Jones industrials down about 400 points after an interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve
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U.S. blue-chip stocks fell and the S&P 500 pared its gains on Tuesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said core U.S. inflation risks were to the upside, dimming hope of an interest-rate cut any time soon.
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U.S. stocks ended down on Wednesday, pressured by growing concerns about troubles in the subprime mortgage market and a warning from the Federal Reserve chairman about housing weakness.
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It was a dismal week for the stock market, despite an interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve.
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The Federal Reserve unexpectedly slashed a key interest rate by a bold three-fourths of a percentage point on Tuesday, responding to a global plunge in stock markets that heightened concerns about a recession. The Fed signaled that further rate cuts were likely.
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NEW YORK - Stocks are seen moving lower at the open Wednesday as investors come to grips with the Federal Reserve hiking its key rates by a quarter point to 1.75 percent.    Dow Jones futures fell 14 points recently, while Nasdaq futures were down 2.50 points and S&P futures dropped 1.80 points...
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Investors grew more confident that the Fed will lower interest rates again to ward off recession, but they also wrestled with worries about the coming earnings season.
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The Federal Reserve, confronted with a global stock sell-off fanned by increased fears of a recession, cut a key interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point on Tuesday
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Persistent worries about a U.S. recession undid the boost that Tuesday's surprise U.S. interest rate cut gave to global markets, sending European stocks lower on Wednesday and lifting safe-haven government bonds.
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Stocks fell on Tuesday after signs of strength in the services sector and comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke diminished expectations of an interest rate cut, with surging bond yields adding to concerns.
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As sales of existing homes plunged 8 percent in September to the slowest annual pace in nearly a decade, markets rebounded from early losses on hopes the Fed will cut rates.
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Stocks rallied Tuesday after the Federal Reserve cut by a half-percentage point a key short-term rate which impacts how much interest consumers pay on debts. The Fed's move reassured investors that it was taking aggressive action amid the credit and mortgage market meltdown.
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Volatility is down and the rough patch could be history if the Fed comes through and lowers rates.
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Stocks dropped on Friday as investors tempered their optimism that the economy could avoid recession, and locked in profits on banking and pharmaceutical shares after two days of sharp gains.