...and continued QE, or at least stalling QT. If you were a group of powerful hedge funds and had the power to move the markets what would you do before the Fed meets next month?
%% MOST likely; like long + short nickname name suggests/\ long + short. I would also consider other things, like trends,, since so many hedge funds underperform.......................................................
Go thru the President thru back channels. I don't think they have enough capital to fight the FED. Hedge funds are on a thin leash of bank financing and skittish investors that are only in for small allocation relative to their net worth.
Nothing can stop the Fed. Powell is on a mission. He is finally not a pussy-whpped linetow of a president. He found his backbone against a president once Trump went away.
We'll see. He tried all this tough-guy hawkish talk in 2018, but when the S&P 500 fell around 20% (the edge of a bear market), he completely changed his tune. This time, the S&P has only fallen a little over 10% from its all-time high. I don't believe they'll do 3 or 4 hikes a year until 2025 or whenever. Let's see if they prove me worng.