Charts & Chat - September 22, 2024
Eric Boyce • September 22, 2024
This week, CEO Eric Boyce discusses:
1. The implications of the recent rate cut by the Federal Reserve
2. Global growth expectations remain weak despite considerable easing by foreign central banks
3. Economic and earnings growth expected to continue; investor optimism high; potential for volatility heading into election
4. Gold at a new high; dollar is range bound but perhaps moving lower with rate decreases
5. wage growth no longer decelerating; increase apartment supply should keep rents falling
6. Philly Fed manufacturing looking up; manufacturing tends to improve following the first rate cut
7. mortgage rates falling; increased home supply helping to normalize conditions in residential real estate

By Eric Boyce
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October 19, 2026
This week, CEO Eric Boyce, CFA discusses: 1. current estimates for AI/tech capital spending, and what are the risks 2. the K-shaped economy visualized, the residential real estate market in the doldrums 3. inflation edging higher, complicated Fed decisions; flat CEO confidents and rising producer prices 4. contribution to equity market reruns, multiple compression, concentration risk, and risk of rising correlations to bond returns given higher interest rates 5. don't be scared of market highs, though, and 5th year bull market expansion returns are generally pretty good. 6. decomposition of yield changes, bond market selloff





