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Fed rate view in focus as robust stocks year draws to close

A banner year for U.S. stocks gets one of its last big tests with the coming week’s Federal Reserve meeting, as investors await the central bank's guidance on interest rate cuts. The Nasdaq Composite index breached 20,000 for the first time ever in the past week, another milestone for equities in a year during which the tech-heavy index has gained 32% while the S&P 500 has risen about 27%. Expectations that the Fed will cut interest rates have supported those gains.

Fed Discount Window Needs ‘More Work’ to Lift Bank Participation

(Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve has taken steps to reduce the stigma that has long plagued its discount window, though recent surveys indicate banks are still hesitant to use the key backstop facility. Most Read from BloombergHong Kong's Expat Party Hub Reshaped by Chinese InfluxHow California Sees the World, and ItselfCity Hall Is HiringAmerican Institute of Architects CEO ResignsLondon’s Tube Fares Are Set to Rise by 4.6% Next YearPolicymakers and regulators want banks to be more comfortabl

Saylor’s MicroStrategy Scores Again With Nasdaq 100 Addition

(Bloomberg) -- MicroStrategy Inc., the dot-com-era software maker whose metamorphosis into a leveraged bet on Bitcoin has transfixed Wall Street, is joining the Nasdaq 100 Index, the benchmark’s overseer said Friday. Software company Palantir Technologies Inc. and Axon Enterprise Inc., a maker of Tasers and police body cameras, will also be added.Most Read from BloombergHong Kong's Expat Party Hub Reshaped by Chinese InfluxHow California Sees the World, and ItselfCity Hall Is HiringAmerican Inst