4 Safe Stocks to Buy on Fading Hopes of March Rate Cut
ATOAtmos Energy (ATO) Zacks Investment Research·2024-02-01 23:26

Wall Street was on a rally in January, with the Dow and the S&P 500 hitting record highs. However, the rally stalled on Jan 31 after the Federal Reserve said that March is too early to start rate cuts.The Federal Reserve’s outlook following the end of its two-day FOMC meeting saw stocks taking a hit, with all three major indexes, the Dow, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq, ending 0.8%, 1.6% and 2.2% lower, respectively, to record their worst day in 2024.The Federal Reserve kept its benchmark policy rate steady in ...