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War\u2014what is it good for? Usually not markets. So far, however, rising geopolitical tensions this year haven\u2019t been enough to derail investors\u2019 attention, although it creates one more speed bump on stocks\u2019 road higher.<\/p>\n

The recent surprise Hamas attack on Israel has rapidly escalated hostilities in a region already beset with violence, so it\u2019s no surprise that nerves are rattled. It also came at a time when much of the world is still grappling with the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, an ongoing conflict stemming from early 2021. In the U.S., funding to help both Ukraine and Israel remains divisive along party lines.<\/p>\n

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While war is invariably tragic, it can also be traumatic for markets. ICAP Chief Technical analyst Walter Zimmerman Jr. writes that much as the Nasdaq Composite peaked in 2021, the same year as Russia\u2019s invasion, it did in 2001 as well, the year of the September 11 attacks and the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan. Similar patterns between market tops and geopolitical shocks are obvious every two decades, he adds, dating back throughout the history of the modern market.<\/p>\n

That begs the question, which comes first, the bear market or the war? That\u2019s the wrong way to frame the issue, however, Zimmerman argues, as he believes they arise together when societies feel they are devoid of other options.<\/p>\n

\u201cA bull market in equities is driven by hopes that the future will be better than today,\u201d he writes. \u201cA bear market in equities is driven by fears the future will be worse than today. Collective stress and tension excel at turning hopes into fears.\u201d<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no shortage of fear in today\u2019s world, of course, although for now many investors are still more concerned with the Federal Reserve than fighting.<\/p>\n

Investors are of course worried about the conflict, but as Seven Report\u2019s Founder and President Tom Essaye writes, their flight to safety last week after the initial attack led them to Treasuries, pushing the prices of those higher, which consequently had the opposite effect on their payouts. \u201cAn escalation in the military conflict between Israel and Hamas sent yields lower, and regardless of the reason, lower yields have been good for stocks recently.\u201d<\/p>\n

Indeed, high interest rates, which have pushed up bond yields, have been weighing on stocks lately. That\u2019s because many investors are happy to put their money in virtually risk-free assets versus hoping for a slightly higher, but not guaranteed return from equities.<\/p>\n

More broadly though, Essaye argues that the main reason that the market has proven relatively resilient amid the drums of war is that \u201cinvestors have once again embraced the idea that the Fed is done with rate hikes.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the face of cooling inflation, ongoing evidence of a soft landing, and consistent commentary from Fed officials in recent months, many strategists feel confident in that prediction. Thus Essaye argues that it\u2019s unlikely that the
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\u201cBottom line, this remains a \u2018noisy\u2019 market, and it\u2019s being made even more so with the Iran\/Hamas war,\u201d he concludes. \u201cBut for all the noise in the macroeconomic environment, as long as the three pillars of the rally remain in place, the downside risk should be limited and the S&P 500 largely rangebound until we learn 1) If a soft\/no landing is truly going to occur, 2) If inflation can decline to the Fed\u2019s target or bounce back, and 3) If the Fed is truly done with rate hikes and when cuts might occur.\u201d<\/p>\n

For his part, Zimmerman is not particularly confident in the central bank in general, noting that the \u201cFed has been blindsided by every financial crisis the U.S. has faced since the Fed began in 1914.\u201d<\/p>\n

That may be so, but trying to fight the Fed is often its own kind of unwinnable war.<\/p>\n

Write to Teresa Rivas at teresa.rivas@barrons.com<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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