Equities are up; bonds are down. Stronger economic gains and job growth in the U.S. and Canada seem to show that a recovery is in progress. But what happens next? The Capital Markets Strategy team looks back at the first half of 2021 and peers ahead to where we may be going in second half. They cover things like:

• a possible equity market correction

• increasing interest in emerging markets

• valuation variations

• what prices of commodities like corn, copper, and coffee may indicate

• fixed-income risks and opportunities

… as well as other topics.

And what does all this have to do with inflation … or bears in the forest?