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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March 9, 2026
This week, CEO Eric Boyce, CFA discusses: 1. surprising weak job report; weaker healthcare employment, lower participation, manufacturing employment, productivity higher, unit labor costs in check 2. ISM services sector looking better - orders, employment, order backlog - although Fed's survey of conditions remains sluggish 3. metals prices higher - possible rotation from resources consuming areas of the market (tech) to resources producing (energy, materials) 4. energy price impact of Iran conflict - supply constraints from Strait of Hormuz, shipping prices, higher gasoline prices and low strategic oil reserves 5. potential oil price shocks on inflation and economic growth 6. yield curve shifts up last week, decreased probabilities of short term rate changes - conundrum of lower employment coupled with higher possible inflation

By Eric Boyce
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March 2, 2026
This week, CEO Eric Boyce, CFA discusses: 1. immediate read throughs from the Iranian bombings 2. gold disconnect from commodities and 10 year yields 3. produce prices ahead of expectations 4. correlations between payrolls and economic growth 5. impacts of AI on job losses and productivity growth 6. CEO confidence high, individual and institutional investor sentiment weaker, although estimated stock price gains on tap for the next 20-60 days...likely due to increased concentration of stock ownership at the top of the wealth spectrum 7. Mag 7 companies coming back in line with more value-looking stock areas




