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  2. History of Federal Open Market Committee actions - Wikipedia

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    It also provided for the creation of a fund to swap safe Treasury securities for less secure ones held by banks. It lastly shaved the difference between the discount rate and the federal funds rate from 50 basis points to 25. Official statement: January 30, 2008 3.00% 3.50% 9–1 Fisher dissented, preferring no change. Official statement ...

  3. Federal funds rate - Wikipedia

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    Reducing the federal funds rate makes money cheaper, allowing an influx of credit into the economy through all types of loans. The charts referenced below show the relation between S&P 500 and interest rates. July 13, 1990 – Sept 4, 1992: 8.00–3.00% (Includes 1990–1991 recession) Feb 1, 1995 – Nov 17, 1998: 6.00–4.75

  4. Federal Reserve Economic Data - Wikipedia

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    Federal Reserve Economic Data ( FRED) is a database maintained by the Research division of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis that has more than 816,000 economic time series from various sources. [1] They cover banking, business/fiscal, consumer price indexes, employment and population, exchange rates, gross domestic product, interest rates ...

  5. S&P 500 - Wikipedia

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    A daily volume chart of the S&P 500 index from January 3, 1950, to February 19, 2016. Logarithmic Chart of S&P 500 Index with and without Inflation and with Best Fit and other graphs to Feb 2024. The Standard and Poor's 500, or simply the S&P 500, [5] is a stock market index tracking the stock performance of 500 of the largest companies listed ...

  6. Dow Jones Industrial Average - Wikipedia

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    us .spindices .com /indices /equity /dow-jones-industrial-average. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ( DJIA ), Dow Jones, or simply the Dow ( / ˈdaʊ / ), is a stock market index of 30 prominent companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States. The DJIA is one of the oldest and most commonly followed equity indexes.

  7. Index fund - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, mutual funds price their assets by their current value every business day, usually at 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, when the New York Stock Exchange closes for the day. Index ETFs, in contrast, are priced during normal trading hours, usually 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern time.

  8. Russell 2000 Index - Wikipedia

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    Russell 3000 Index. Website. ftse .com /products /indices /russell-us. The Russell 2000 Index is a small-cap U.S. stock market index that makes up the smallest 2,000 stocks in the Russell Index. It was started by the Frank Russell Company in 1984. The index is maintained by FTSE Russell, a subsidiary of the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG).

  9. Franklin Templeton Investments - Wikipedia

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    Franklin Resources, Inc. [1] Franklin Resources, Inc. is an American multinational holding company that, together with its subsidiaries, is referred to as Franklin Templeton; it is a global investment firm founded in New York City in 1947 as Franklin Distributors, Inc. It is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol BEN, in ...