Special Market Minute - October 31, 2023
Eric Boyce • October 31, 2023
CEO Eric Boyce, CFA offers his thoughts on the market and economy following two major investment conferences he attended during the last couple of weeks. He visited with many investment advisors, practice owners, economists and industry practitioners, where he shared and collected observations, perspectives and outlooks. This podcast synthesizes that feedback.

By Eric Boyce
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August 10, 2026
This week, CEO Eric Boyce, CFA discusses: 1. economic growth estimates for 3rd quarter imply strong ~6% expansion at this time, driven in large part by technology and AI 2. services and manufacturing economies are in solid shape. 3. AI-related capital spending providing economic boost, with some risk. Resulting free cash flow growth expected in 1-3 years 4. labor market reasonable on its face, as internals show interesting data trends. Recent downward revisions, labor participation and hourly earnings are dropping, more growth in part-time work, higher unemployment trends from college graduates 5. equity markets driven by strong earnings, enthusiasm; risk that sentiment could interrupt high valuations 6. high concentration of S&P 500 in the top 10 companies in the index - margin improvement benign outside of this group




