The Powell Fade Is in Full Effect
Like clockwork, the major indexes lost steam just before 3 p.m. ET.
The S&P 500 was down 0.1%. The Dow was down 32 points, or 0.1%. The Nasdaq Composite was flat.
Throughout Powell's tenure as Fed Chair, the stock market has trended higher between 2 p.m. ET and 3 p.m. ET on Fed days before falling in the final hour of trading.
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