Morgan Stanley’s Chief U.S. Fairness Strategist Mike Wilson says we’re nearing the tip of the bear market, however issues might stay difficult for some time longer. “I feel we’re within the remaining phases, however the remaining phases will be very difficult, proper?” he instructed CNBC’s “Road Indicators Asia” on Friday. “Now it is a extra of a two-way threat. And I feel we’ll be in that two-way threat in all probability till the 12 months finish.” He added: “The ultimate transfer of the bear market in all probability comes subsequent 12 months within the first quarter, when the earnings lastly catch as much as the place we predict they will be subsequent 12 months.” Markets have definitely had a unstable 12 months, with a variety of bear market rallies elevating — and dashing — hopes. Traders have been watching U.S. Federal Reserve feedback carefully for hints on when it might pause tightening, given its ongoing battle in opposition to inflation. Figures earlier this month confirmed that costs had been rising lower than anticipated , sending shares increased on anticipation {that a} peak in inflation may very well be in sight. When the S & P 500 will hit a ‘new low’ Wilson mentioned the S & P 500 will “in all probability make a brand new low” someday within the first quarter of subsequent 12 months, including that the “low 3000s is a extremely good vary to consider for the low for this bear market.” The index closed at 3,946 Thursday, down round 17% year-to-date, after clawing again some losses in October. “That [new low] will likely be a terrific shopping for alternative as a result of by the point we get to the tip of subsequent 12 months, we’ll be taking a look at 2024 when the earnings will truly be accelerating once more,” he mentioned Within the financial institution’s U.S. equities outlook for subsequent 12 months , Wilson mentioned he expects the S & P 500 to slip to between 3,000 and three,300 within the first three months of the 12 months. He additionally instructed CNBC that earnings expectations for subsequent 12 months are about 20% too excessive. “If issues decelerate and inflation comes down, the strain on margins goes to be extraordinary,” he mentioned.