Charts & Chat - October 9, 2023
Eric Boyce • October 9, 2023
This Week, CEO Eric Boyce, CFA highlights the following chart subjects: 1. stock sell off, current valuations and trends & what's cheap relatively speaking 2. yields moving higher and high yield spreads 3. bank lending getting tighter, impact on economy 4. household savings, net worth strong, but savings coming down 5. hiring intentions lower, but new business formation strong...wages sticky but trending down...good! 6. manufacturing data stronger, services still in expansion

By Eric Boyce
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August 3, 2026
This week, CEO Eric Boyce, CFA discusses: 1. Fed leaves rates unchanged, but bias is up based on sticky inflation data. Bond market providing its own assessment of risk as Fed chair Warsh pulls back and long term rates move higher 2. Earnings estimates accelerating, creating higher valuations and risk if results fall short of expectations. Question of whether free cash flow growth and returns on investment can be achieved by AI firms. 3. inflation volatility adding risk to S&P 500 earnings; increasing divergence between sectors 4. 2nd quarter GDP shy of expectations, as inventory drawdown and weak government spending was offset by positive consumer spending.




