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S&P 500 Surges to Start the Year

The New York Times: Banking

The S&P 500, rising 10 percent, set the pace as investors looked forward to interest rate cuts.

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Stocks Rally a Day After Fed’s Big Interest Rate Cut

The New York Times: Banking

The S&P 500 had already been climbing as investors grew more confident that the Federal Reserve would cut interest rates by half a percentage point. Thursday’s gain put the index in range of a closing record.

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Stocks Climb to Record, Lifted by Big Tech and Rate Cut Hopes

The New York Times: Banking

The S&P 500 crossed above its January 2022 peak after weeks of wavering. Investors have been buying stocks after homing in on signals that the Fed’s campaign of raising interest rates is over.

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These ‘Magnificent’ Seven Tech Stocks Are Driving the Market

The New York Times: Banking

See how a handful of stocks have had an outsize impact on the performance of the S&P 500

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Wall St. Pessimists Are Getting Used to Being Wrong

The New York Times: Banking

The S&P 500 is up more than 19 percent this year, but some still warn that the future may not be as rosy as that implies.

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‘Vindicating’: An Analyst Who Lowered the U.S.’s Credit Rating in 2011 on Fitch’s Downgrade

The New York Times: Banking

Nikola Swan played a key role at S&P when the agency became the first to strip America of its top ranking in 2011.

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‘Vindicating’: An Analyst Who Lowered the U.S.’s Credit Rating in 2011 on Fitch’s Downgrade

The New York Times: Banking

Nikola Swan played a key role at S&P when the agency became the first to strip America of its top ranking in 2011.

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