How to know when stocks have bottomed: UBS shares 17 indicators to watch that will likely signal the end of the bear market — and how high stocks could climb afterward

With the S&P 500 in free fall since the start of 2022 — the benchmark index is down 20% year-to-date — when the stock market bottoms is one of the biggest questions on Wall Street right now. 

And the answer seems to lie in a number of related factors, like whether or not a recession happens, how soon inflation comes down, how soon the Fed pivots to dovish policy, and how corporate earnings perform going forward. 

Some tentatively see a bottom in the first half of 2023, like Morgan Stanley’s Mike Wilson or PIMCO’s Erin Browne.