Midyear Outlook 2021: Picking Up Speed

It is hard to believe we have passed the halfway point of 2021. After a 2020 that would never end, the first six months of 2021 flew by. With the second half underway, we have updated our views of the markets and economy in LPL Research’s Midyear Outlook 2021: Picking up Speed. "The growth rate of the U.S. economy may have peaked in the second quarter of 2021, but there is still plenty of momentum left to extend above-average growth into 2022," says Ryan Detrick, CMT, Chief Market Strategist, LPL Financial.  Read a summary of expectations covering the economy, policy, stocks and bonds.