This week, CEO Eric Boyce, CFA discusses:
stocks outperform the economic surprise index; valuations high, but earnings growth leading to increased capital spending expectations and share repurchase
individual ownership of stocks increasing, helping to contribute to bouts of volatility
stock and bond correlations very high, making it more challenging to diversify between traditional approaches
interesting trends in hybrid working environments
housing optimism remains low; renters spend less than owners on housing; sale inventory increasing, but there still dislocations - prices higher but more discounting; also drop in pending sales
GDP revisions from the first quarter - consumer spending and inventory growth less robust