For more than 30 years, Lacy Hunt was behind one of the US bond market’s most enduring bullish wagers. Now, the 84-year-old economist and his colleagues at Hoisington Investment Management have emerged as some of the most committed bears.
The market is acting in ways that make it very hard to get a handle on what exactly is going on right now. The overall indices are surging, while many individual stocks are doing badly. Rates are rising, but the economy is still robust. There’s capex spending and the AI trade. There’s the war in Ira