Charts & Chat - March 3, 2024
Eric Boyce • March 3, 2024
This week, CEO Eric Boyce discusses: 1. PCE data in line, "super core" inflation ran hotter last month, trend is down but will take time. January data can be noisy 2. personal income moving higher, but interest as percent of expenditures also going up 3. Housing is improving, price growth once again is positive 4. Leading indicators still negative, but less so - shaping up for potential soft landing scenario 5. stock market confidence is high, prices relative to moving averages are stretched, potentially setting up modest market pullback 6. credit spreads are really tight for low rated bonds, meaning there is high confidence in credit quality...

By Eric Boyce
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August 10, 2026
This week, CEO Eric Boyce, CFA discusses: 1. economic growth estimates for 3rd quarter imply strong ~6% expansion at this time, driven in large part by technology and AI 2. services and manufacturing economies are in solid shape. 3. AI-related capital spending providing economic boost, with some risk. Resulting free cash flow growth expected in 1-3 years 4. labor market reasonable on its face, as internals show interesting data trends. Recent downward revisions, labor participation and hourly earnings are dropping, more growth in part-time work, higher unemployment trends from college graduates 5. equity markets driven by strong earnings, enthusiasm; risk that sentiment could interrupt high valuations 6. high concentration of S&P 500 in the top 10 companies in the index - margin improvement benign outside of this group




