Charts & Chat - August 11, 2024
Eric Boyce • August 11, 2024
This week, CEO Eric Boyce, CFA discusses: 1. market corrections are natural - some statistics to support 2. volatility higher, earnings deceleration; relative long term outlook for small caps positive, however 3. consumer spending softening, some increase in delinquencies 4. credit still tight; wages higher but falling; rent growth subdued - path for falling inflation intact, paving the way for interest rate decline

By Eric Boyce
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July 13, 2026
This week, CEO Eric Boyce, CFA discusses: 1. believe it or note, we are now in the 6th longest business cycle expansion in US history 2. AI spending should be a continued economic driver on several fronts 3. economic growth stemming from high income households, increased consumption and declining savings rates; deep dive into the wealth effect and notable drivers 4. Three engines of 2026 growth: AI spending, Infrastructure & Manufacturing Capacity Spending, and OBBBA (offset by higher energy costs) 5. generational transfer of "wealth" (i.e. free cash flow) from Hyperscalers to semiconductor companies 6. equity valuations remain high - tremendous surge in earnings expectations driving optimism and valuation gap versus international stocks




