By Ai Root
The Federal Reserve cut short-term interest rates on Wednesday by 0.5 percentage points and lowered longer-term projections for its federal-funds rate. It was the first rate cut since 2020 following 11 consecutive hikes.
All that should create a tailwind for dividend-paying stocks.
Which ones, however, is always the question. “Dividend payers in the financials sector” benefit, says Wolfe Research strategist Chris Senyek, including “banks.”
Short-term rate cuts can also help banks earn more money, lowering their cost of funding.
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