As we entered Q1 2014, hope was high that this was it – this was the quarter when, with stocks at record higs, employment data improving and a confident Fed tapering, the US economy would reach escape velocity and back we could all go to “believing” in the futures once again. The 2.6% growth expected at the start of Q1 quickly evaporated into a -0.5% contraction in the economy due to “cold” weather in the winter. Of course, the Keynesian-hockey-stick believers have marked up their “been-down-so-long-it’s-gotta-bounce-back” Q2 expectations to 3.3% growth…