3/10/2025
By Charles Payne CEO & Principal Analyst

It's been a heck of a ride for the market, especially those stocks that kept rocketing higher and higher for so long that it began to look as if they were impervious to the laws of gravity. They finally lost altitude and came crashing down with a thud. The question now is, are they ready to return to orbit?

Here’s the Deal

The most common thread corrections and bear markets have is that they almost always begin with Federal Reserve policy.

*Even the stock market crash of 1929.

But it usually takes a shock to the system for corrections (Fed rate hikes are in reaction to something macro, including major bull markets) to become bear markets.

Since 1971, crashes have occurred during events like the oil crisis in 1973, runaway inflation in 1980, trade deficit and economic confusion in 1987, and, more recently, COVID-19 and the inflation spike.

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Charles Payne
Wall Street Strategies

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