* The Federal Reserve kept the key funds rate unchanged, with two members dissenting. * Meta and Microsoft earnings both beat Wall Street’s earnings expectations, sending the stocks up in extended trading. * President Donald Trump imposed a 50% tariff on copper imports beginning Friday.

[Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell talks to reporters following the regular Federal Open Market Committee meetings at the Fed on July 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. ]Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell talks to reporters following the regular Federal Open Market Committee meetings at the Fed on July 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. _Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day:_

1. GOING STEADY

The Federal Reserve kept the key funds rate un

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