Uncertainty in the stock market makes it difficult to make investment decisions. When investors sell off stocks, everyone follows without giving it much thought and you’re left trying to figure out which path you should take. We saw this price action in the stock market on Wednesday after the Federal Open Market Committee cut interest rates by a quarter percentage point. Investors started to sell their holdings, which intensified toward the last few minutes of the trading day. The rate cut didn’t come as a surprise. The market had already priced it in. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s comments about slowing down rate cuts for the next two years led to the massive selloff. Inflationary concerns were one reason which may have heightened investor fear. The S&P 500 ($SPX) fell by 2.95%, and the Nasdaq Composite ($COMPQ) dropped by 3.56%. The S&P 600 Small Cap Index ($SML) got hit hard, falling…
