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Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell arrives at his news conference following the closed two-day Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington, U.S., May 1, 2019.
  • The Fed may be nearing the end of its rate hikes but its balance sheet reduction plans still pose a big risk to stocks. 
  • The Fed has reduced its balance sheet by $900 billion over the past year and is showing no signs of stopping.
  • "Risk assets love liquidity. Continued draining of liquidity presents a risk for equities," Ned Davis Research said in a Thursday note.

The Federal Reserve may be close to the end of its rate hiking campaign based on a continued cooldown in inflation, but the central bank has one more policy move that poses a big risk for the stock market.