The Federal Reserve's big interest rate cut this week has reintroduced the notion of the " Fed put " into the stock market, longtime bull Tom Lee said.
That means, the Fed's mandate is now primarily supporting a strong labor market," Lee wrote to clients Friday.
Broadly speaking, the "put" refers to the desire of the Fed to loosen financial conditions, which in turn supports risk assets like stocks.
In particular, he cited "an important lifeline" to three sectors that Lee said actually are in a recession: durable goods, auto sales and housing.
This is a long winded way of saying the Fed is not 'pushing on a string ,'" Lee wrote.
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