Growth year over year is seen rising nearly 3 percent in 2018, before dropping to 2.7 percent in 2019, and the S&P 500 is expected to rise about 6 percent by year-end. Inflation is seen staying low along with the unemployment rate, and the yield on the 10-year Treasury note will rise only to 3.5 percent by the end of 2019.

“Goldilocks is alive and well,” wrote Marshall Acuff, managing director at Silvercrest Asset Management, in response to the survey.

But several significant clouds hang over most forecasts. Almost two-thirds of the 42 respondents, including economists, money managers and strategists, see the recent economic strength as temporary. And 53 percent peg protectionist trade policies as the biggest threat to the economy.