Charts & Chat - June 15, 2025

This week, CEO Eric Boyce, CFA discusses:

1. What CEO's are worried about the most

2. equity market valuations, sentiment, high retail investor ownership levels and potential opportunities

3. consumer and producer inflation indicators below expectations; tariff-based inflation likely be on the horizon, but not viewed as recessionary or particularly long lasting

4. consumers have pulled back on spending; soft data strengthening with tariff abatements and better equity markets

5. state of housing - rents may go up later this year; home price growth likely to slow

6. Banks more willing to lend; delinquencies higher, but may have peaked

7. analysis of weakening Chinese demographics, credit quality, household debt to GDP, lending activity and weakness within the real estate and corporate sectors