Yahoo Finance's latest chartbook includes 33 charts from experts across the industry to the start of 2024. Yahoo Finance spoke to several experts to break down the current market and economic story.
Yahoo Finance reporter Josh Shafer discusses Capital Economics Deputy Chief Economist Andrew Hunter's inflation chart, which compares year-over-year and annualized six-month percentage changes in core PCE.
Carey Cox, an investment analyst at eToro US, brought up a chart of large-cap and small-cap ETFs in the stock market and said that while small-cap stocks are struggling to catch up, “as economic indicators improve… I hope they will catch up.”
Charles Schwab Chief Investment Strategist Liz Ann Saunders' chart focuses on the correlation between the S&P 500 and the 10-year Treasury yield, encouraging investors to look for opportunities across a variety of investments.
Claudia Sahm, founder of Sahm Consulting, breaks down the “Sahm Rule'' which is a recession indicator. “I'm very happy to report…we are not in a recession,” Sahm said.
Josh Schaefer uses a chart of the real federal funds rate from Matthew Ruzzetti, chief U.S. economist and head of U.S. economic research at Deutsche Bank Securities, to explain why the economy is tightening.
Video highlights:
00:00:04 – Yahoo Finance's Myles Udland, Seana Smith, and Josh Schafer introduce new chartbooks
00:00:37 – Josh Schaefer analyzes inflation below the Fed's target rate
00:01:01 – eToro US Investment Analyst Callie Cox
00:01:24 – Liz Ann Saunders, Charles Schwab Chief Investment Strategist
00:01:58 – Claudia Sahm, Founder, Sahm Consulting
00:02:35 – Josh Schaefer talks about the possibility of rate cuts
