DFTF or "Don't Fight the Feds" has been the theme for investors this year. The steady decline of the stock market has been matched by the aggressive rate hike policy of the Federal Reserve. However, investors are slowly renewing their hope that on December 14 Jerome Powell, Federal Reserve Chairman, will give the message investors have been waiting all year for. In this Weekly Brief we decipher the impact the Federal Reserve is having on the stock market and more importantly what other factors are in place to ignite the next market rally once the Federal Reserve begins to slow their rate hike policy.