The Fed’s first rate cut in 2025 is here. How investors can position their stock portfolios to benefit.

How investors can prepare their investment portfolios for Fed rate cuts. - Getty Images The countdown is almost over. In a few hours, the Federal Reserve will announce whether it’s finally ready to lower interest rates for the first time in nearly a year, potentially ending a long pause in monetary policy that could steer growth, inflation and financial conditions in the world’s largest economy. But for financial-market investors, the biggest question is how markets will react once the easing cycle resum ...