Is November’s stock market optimism more than just dancing sugar-plum dreams? As fears of an economic recession continued to fade away, equities shook off past pessimism and got into the holiday spirit. Equities marched higher, capping off a solid month of gains, while bond yields continued to curb their enthusiasm still up from the intra-year lows of August, but little changed for the month of November. The dichotomy between these two assets is difficult to square: if equities are right that
economic growth and stronger profits lie ahead, then bond yields should be moving higher in lockstep…

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