Investors braced for the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision on Wednesday and monitored the fallout from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's essay on AI safety fears.

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In a sign of the U.S. stock market's broad rise on Thursday, a measure of the S&P 500 that equally weights stocks in the index was up in late-morning trading. The Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF was advancing 0.

Recessions and bear markets will test a company's strength and resilience. If a company has unreliable revenue streams, a leadership team with a questionable decision-making history, or a weak competitive advantage, it's more likely to struggle during a downturn. The weakest of these stocks may not survive at all.

Markets struggle as Wall Street weighs surging oil prices, Middle East tensions and this week’s Fed meeting.

The Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq fell Wednesday as the stock market reacted to the Federal Reserve's decision to raise interest rates.

The final trading day of this truncated week begins with some positive news for the Nifty bulls. Oil prices are easing though they still remain above the $100 a barrel mark. Bond yields are easing too after a multi-day winning run.

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