Interest rates are an important driver of the economy and financial markets. And what has happened to the S&P 500 index since The Federal Reserve started raising their target rate on May 4, 2023 to fight surging inflation?
Since that fatal day, the S&P 500 index has fallen -6% and equity REITs (commercial real estate) has fallen -16%.
Although The Fed has pledged to keep raising rates to fight inflation (and further decimate retirement accounts), investors are pointing to a peak (terminal) Fed rate of 5.44% at the September 2023 FOMC meeting. Then rate cuts following the September 2023 meeting.
Of course, much of the blame belongs to former Fed Chair Ben (QE) Bernanke and current Treasury Secretary Janet “Too Low For Too Long” Yellen who never met a Fed rate hike that she liked. But Yellen LOVES giving away US taxpayer dollars … to Ukraine.
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