Biggest Rate Cut in 16 Years: 4 Consumer Discretionary Stocks to Buy
COOKTraeger(COOK) ZACKS·2024-09-20 03:00

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 50 basis points on Wednesday, its first rate cut since March 2020 and the biggest in more than 16 years. The last time the Fed cut interest rates by half a percentage point was in 2008, with just an emergency exception during the pandemic. A 50-basis point rate cut will boost the broader economy, with growth stocks likely to gain the most. It would thus be prudent to invest in discretionary stocks. We have narrowed our search to four consumer discretionary stocks su ...