Eschewing the traditional dichotomy of bull and bear, Hyzy instead opted for the term “buffalo market.”
“We last used this term in 2012, it is in the bull family. A buffalo market is just a less attractive bull that gets tired more easily and roams quite a bit but ultimately moves forward in the prairie.”Despite his overwhelmingly bullish sentiment, Hyzy sees some trouble for low profit companies as higher interest rates cause pressure on margins. He expects a knee jerk sell off from markets when rate hikes come to fruition, adding that his firm would be buyers in any equity drawdown.
Raymond James has a target price of 5,050 for the S&P 500 to close next year, 6% above the Dec. 31 close.Adam calls inflation a “gift to markets,” bringing with it higher corporate earnings and wage growth. He also says inflation fears helped doom President Biden’s Build Back Better plan and the punitive tax hikes that would have come with it.
Cronk doesn’t expect the Fed to be as aggressive as Wall Street is expecting. After tapering ends in March, he expects only one or two rate hikes, rather than the three suggested by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.With producer prices jumping at more than a 9% annual rate in November, and consumer prices rising nearly 7%, Cronk sees inflation peaking in the first half of 2022, as pressure on producers shifts to consumers.