If you were to ask family office investment professionals to describe the markets in 2023 in one word, many would probably choose “confusing”. It hasn’t been as outright bad as 2022, but it has hardly been enjoyable. Bonds are down again, while almost all equity gains are due to virtually a handful of “big tech” US stocks. Anyway, stocks are up while bonds are down: The US economy must be doing great, right? Well, surprise: it is on the brink…