MARKETSSTORY 578· JUNE 23, 2026

Wall Street's Bet on a Fed Safety Net Gets the History of the Greenspan Put Wrong

Stock investors betting that the Federal Reserve will step in to cushion market losses are misreading a key piece of financial history. The so-called "Greenspan put" — the conviction that former Fed Chair Alan Greenspan reliably caught…

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