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November 30, 2005

All Business: End to rate hikes may not help stocks

  • Don't expect the super-sized rallies that came after the Fed concluded tightening cycles in the 1980s and 1990s.
    • By RACHEL BECK
    AP Business Writer

    NEW YORK — Now that the Federal Reserve has hinted that its series of interest-rate increases may soon end, some investors are already getting excited about the prospects of what that could mean for stocks.

    Maybe too excited. That's because they are counting on a repeat performance of the multiyear, super-sized rallies that came as the central bank concluded its tightening cycles in the 1980s and 1990s.


     
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