Capital Creek Partners - 3in10

In this episode, Scott Slayton, Partner and Chief Strategist at Capital Creek Partners, breaks down three key market themes for the week. Scott begins with a look at the United States' recent actions in Venezuela. He highlights the implications for oil and how Latin American markets are performing solidly in the new year. Additionally, Scott analyzes the December Non-Farm Payroll numbers, noti...

In this episode, Scott Slayton, Partner and Chief Strategist at Capital Creek Partners, breaks down three key market themes for the week. Scott begins with a report on cybersecurity and the challenge this presents in the coming year as firms and democratic nations face the reality of increasing attacks. Scott then shifts to the ongoing housing recession with recent data indicating disinflation in...

In this special edition episode of 3in10, Scott Slayton, Partner and Chief Strategist at Capital Creek Partners, sits down with Torsten Slok, Partner and Chief Economist at Apollo, to discuss various macroeconomic topics. Scott and Torsten begin by analyzing inflation and the Fed's mandate; naturally, they follow up this discussion with an overview of the labor market and their thoughts on imm...

In this episode, Scott Slayton, Partner and Chief Strategist at Capital Creek Partners, breaks down three key market themes for the week. Scott begins with Howard Marks' piece on the potential of an AI bubble; Scott highlights the need to be selective especially given excessive capital expenditures. Additionally, he discusses a recent report from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute about...

In this episode, Scott Slayton, Partner and Chief Strategist at Capital Creek Partners, breaks down three key market themes for the week. Scott dives into the Fed's December meeting where benchmark rates were cut by 25 basis points. Scott looks into the Fed's economic projections and gives his thoughts on the future. Additionally, he discusses the deregulation of bank lending, allowing lar...

In this episode, Scott Slayton, Partner and Chief Strategist at Capital Creek Partners, breaks down three key market themes for the week. Scott analyzes the ADP jobs data in light of the blackout on government data. He notes the sharp decline in small business employment, supporting a Fed rate cut. Additionally, Scott discusses the implications of rising Japanese bond yields as investors return ca...

In this special edition episode of 3in10, Scott Slayton, Partner and Chief Strategist at Capital Creek Partners, sits down with Andy Xie, an independent China economist and former economist at Morgan Stanley, to discuss U.S. China relations and the future of the Chinese Economy. Scott and Andy begin by reviewing the recent U.S. China trade deal and its implications for future trade relations. Andy...

In this episode, Scott Slayton, Partner and Chief Strategist at Capital Creek Partners, breaks down three key market themes for the week. Scott reviews his recently released report on credit, Digging in the Credit Trenches. After a month of grassroots research, Scott discusses how credit markets are showing many crosswinds and how good credit managers can navigate difficult markets to find opportu...

In this episode, Scott Slayton, Partner and Chief Strategist at Capital Creek Partners, breaks down three key market themes for the week. Scott analyzes November markets, noting how artificial intelligence hopes have turned into fears. Job concerns, rate cut bets, tariffs, deficits, and affordability are creating a "Mount Everest of worry." Additionally, he recaps the NFIB Small Business...

In this special edition episode of 3in10, Scott Slayton, Partner and Chief Strategist at Capital Creek Partners, sits down with Michael Parekh, a technology strategist and former partner at Goldman Sachs, to discuss the importance and future of AI. Scott and Michael discuss the different technology waves from the 1980s onwards, focusing on the personal computer, smartphones, and now AI. Michael hi...

In this episode, Scott Slayton, Partner and Chief Strategist at Capital Creek Partners, breaks down three key market themes for the week. Scott shares his perspective on the evolving balance between equity and credit as investors shift toward higher-quality assets. He discusses how rising geopolitical risks and persistent inflation are influencing institutional positioning. Additionally, Scott exa...

In this episode, Scott Slayton, Partner and Chief Strategist at Capital Creek Partners, breaks down three key market themes for the week. Scott recaps and analyzes the Fed's October meeting, noting shifting priorities towards the labor markets and increasing liquidity. He then shifts towards this week's big tech earnings with Microsoft, Meta, Apple, and Amazon. These companies have all spent signi...

In this episode, Scott Slayton, Partner and Chief Strategist at Capital Creek Partners, breaks down three key market themes for the week. Scott discusses his research into credit over the past couple of weeks as concerns build over credit quality. He highlights his insights and faith in credit. Additionally, he analyzes 3M's Q3 2025 earnings and its implications for the global economy; notably...

In this episode, Scott Slayton, Partner and Chief Strategist at Capital Creek Partners, breaks down three key market themes for the week. Scott discusses the market's current positioning in a potential bubble and how investors can position themselves. Additionally, he highlights J.P. Morgan's stellar earnings, strong growth, and revelations for credit markets. Lastly, Scott analyzes the Fo...

In this episode, Scott Slayton, Partner and Chief Strategist at Capital Creek Partners, breaks down one key market theme for the week. Scott discusses gold breaking $4,000 per ounce, its outperformance in light of structural government debt, and the potential for a bubble in this hard asset.

In this episode, Scott Slayton, Partner and Chief Strategist at Capital Creek Partners, breaks down three key market themes for the week. First, whether the government shutdown really matters for the economy or markets, with history suggesting recent ones haven’t. Second, how to gauge labor market strength without non-farm payrolls, using ADP employment data and September ISM surveys instead. Thir...

In this episode, Scott Slayton, Partner and Chief Strategist at Capital Creek Partners, breaks down three key market themes for the week. Scott recaps the Capital Creek Partners Investor Conference and summarizes his takeaways on AI, capital expenditures, and financing for AI infrastructure. Additionally, Scott analyzes the new homes sales data in light of falling mortgage rates and a positive and...

In this episode, Scott Slayton, Partner and Chief Strategist at Capital Creek Partners, breaks down three key market themes for the week. Scott delves into the retail sales data, noting strong consumer spending in light of a weakening labor market. Additionally, he analyzes the Fed's rate cut and meeting, talking about the contradictory release and continued decline in perceived Fed independen...

In this episode, Scott Slayton, Partner and Chief Strategist at Capital Creek Partners, breaks down three key market themes for the week. Scott analyzes the conditions such as momentum, banking deregulation, and AI that could be driving a new equity bubble. He then recounts Oracle, Synopsys, and Adobe earnings, noting the positive impact that AI continues to have for earnings growth and performanc...

In this episode, Scott Slayton, Partner and Chief Strategist at Capital Creek Partners, breaks down three key market themes for the week. Scott analyzes the recently released August payrolls numbers, noticing a stalling labor market and the opportunity for more rate cuts this year. Additionally, he summarizes the takeaways from a booming Broadcom and the success of the company in the light of AI....

In this episode, Scott Slayton, Partner and Chief Strategist at Capital Creek Partners, breaks down Powell’s Jackson Hole speech pointing to a September rate cut but lingering stagflation risks, reviews muted retail earnings from Home Depot, Target, and Walmart, and highlights stronger-than-expected PMI data showing resilient demand and rising price pressures.

In this episode, Scott Slayton, Partner and Chief Strategist at Capital Creek Partners, breaks down three key market themes for the week. Scott begins by discussing the differing economic rebalancing strategies of China and the U.S. He then delves into John Deere's lackluster earnings and the struggling agricultural sector. Lastly, Scott takes a look forward at what is possibly in store for th...

In this episode, Scott Slayton, Partner and Chief Strategist at Capital Creek Partners, breaks down three key market themes for the week. Scott begins with strong productivity data for the second quarter; he discusses the potential AI can have for greater productivity in the future. Additionally, he analyzes Caterpillar's Q2 earnings disappointment, which was largely the result of higher than...

In this special edition episode, Scott Slayton, Partner and Chief Strategist at Capital Creek Partners, hosts Joe Kalish, Chief Global Macro Strategist at Ned Davis Research Group. Joe is an expert with over 40 years of experience analyzing financial and economic trends. Topics discussed in this special edition include key economic trends such as the rebalancing of the U.S. economy through trade a...

In this episode, Scott Slayton, Partner and Chief Strategist at Capital Creek Partners, breaks down three key market themes for the week. He analyzes the evolving tariff headlines and potential ramifications for the markets. Scott discusses Meta's blowout second quarter earnings and the potential dominance Meta could have in AI. Lastly, he reviews the non-farm payrolls number, which indicate a...