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From: carbolady	9/21/2024 7:57:06 AM
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Could history be about to repeat itself? September 18 2007: 5:03 PM EDT NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The Federal Reserve cut the target on a key short-term interest rate by half of a percentage point Tuesday to 4.75% in a bold acknowledgement that the central bank is concerned the mortgage meltdown plaguing Wall Street and Main Street could hurt the economy. The Fed also indicated that more rate cuts could be on the way, news that investors cheered. Stocks surged following the announcement, with the Dow finishing the day up more than 330 points, or 2.5 percent. The Nasdaq shot up 2.7 percent while the S&P 500 closed nearly 3 percent higher. Bonds fell, sending the yield on the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury up to 4.5 percent. (Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.) "This took some investors by surprise. It's like the Christmas present you really wanted but weren't really expecting," said Gary Webb, chief executive officer of Webb Financial Group, a Bloomington, Minn.-based independent investment advisory firm with about $120 million in assets under management. The cut to the federal funds rate, the first since June 2003, was widely anticipated by investors and followed a surprise cut to the Fed's discount rate on Aug. 17. The only question was whether the Fed would lower the federal funds rate by 25 basis points or 50 basis points. 3 WEEKS LATER THE $SPX TOPPED!

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