The Fed's cutting cycle in 1995 sparked an economic boom, with the stock market more than doubling in value by the end of the decade.

The Federal Reserve’s interest-rate cut is likely to be an overall positive for the stock market—at least over time—and assuming the economy doesn’t take a turn for the worse. Based on the last nine m

Investors’ giddy reaction turned slightly negative to the hotly anticipated Federal Reserve decision to lower interest rates by 50 basis points Wednesday, as the central bank opted for the more stock-friendly route to kick off its rate cutting cycle.