Record S&P 500 Masks a Fear Trade That’s Gripping Stock Market
-- Surveying the recent stretch of records for the S&P 500 Index, you’d be tempted to think that when it comes to markets, everything is awesome. Inflation fears have eased, economic indicators are strengthening and the Federal Reserve remains accommodative.Investors are taking risk off the table as the fast-spreading delta variant of the coronavirus causes fresh outbreaks in many parts of the world. Airline and cruise stocks are being dumped while there’s a renewed embrace of the stay-at-home