U.S. stocks are drifting in early trading after leaping to records the day before as part of a worldwide rally.

U.S. stocks on Friday were lower, as the euphoria sparked by the Fed's bumper interest rate cut earlier in the week cooled ...

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The U.S. dollar was climbing on Friday after hitting its lowest level of the year earlier this week after the Federal Reserve announced its jumbo 50 basis-point interest-rate cut. The ICE U.S. Dollar ...

One Bank of America strategist believes this week’s jumbo interest-rate cut by the Federal Reserve risks reigniting a potential bubble in stocks. Stocks rallied on Thursday as traders came around to ...

The S&P 500 ( ^GSPC) climbed roughly 1.5%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average ( ^IXIC) rose more than 1% with both ...

Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 18 points, effectively trading flat, and S&P 500 futures ticked down 0.1%. Both gauges had rallied to new highs on Thursday as investors mulled the ...

The S&P 500 ( ^GSPC) climbed roughly 1.7%, while the Dow rose more than 1.2%, with both indexes trading at record highs. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite ( ^IXIC) led the gains, up roughly 2.5%.

The biggest gains, however, tend to come after the Fed begins cutting rates following a stock market panic. Following the ...

The ASX 200 logged a series of record highs this week, recovering from a sharp pullback in early August Many investors are ...

Wall Street ripped gains on Thursday, with market participants taking confidence from the Fed's bumper half-point rate ...