The bear market ... the Fed board face a Catch-22 of political attacks: either keep monetary policy restrictive and risk a major recession that emboldens Trump and enrages Democrats or pivot ...

The catalyst behind the reversal of fortune was the shift in Fed policy from interest rate increases to cuts for 2024. While markets wrongly priced in such a pivot ... to be bear-market lows ...

Finally, there is an even gloomier example of what can follow a Fed pivot. In August 2007, global credit markets were freezing ... working through that monetary policy can help offset but can ...

The Market wishes for a pivot from the Fed. A pivot in monetary policy usually happens in response to economic turmoil. During recession, pivots more often signal earnings weakness than a bottom ...

The stock market's tumble this year has put the S&P 500 into a bear market — the term for ... "Surging inflation, the pivot in Fed policy, and historically pricey equity valuations were on ...

easing fear among investors and boosting hopes the bear market has settled on an early hibernation. But at any moment, strategists warn, the Federal Reserve could deliver a reality check that ...

Read: Stock-market drop offers reminder that rate cuts don't always cheer investors A viral chart made the rounds again on social media around the time of the Fed meeting. This chart depicted the ...

So another dubious distinction is in sight: a bear market ... if the Fed decided it was time to do so. So investors may need to be very patient, and to hope that changes in tariff policy occur ...

Those factors could cause a bear market of minus 20% in 2025, maybe starting at the end of this year, but the Fed will have ...