RBC Capital Markets' Calvasina: If you look at valuations modeling, market is way over its skiis

Market Sentiment and Valuation - The market's sentiment suggests it could continue to rise, but valuation and earnings models indicate it may be overextended for 2025 [3] - Current GDP growth of 1-2% is not typically a strong foundation for the stock market [4] - Top 10 market cap names are approaching recent peak median PE forward numbers, nearing 25 times [10] - The rest of the market has a median PE of around 185 times, but earnings are not supporting a catch-up trade [11] Earnings and Corporate Performance - There are significant gaps up and down in stock movements, suggesting liquidity issues and visibility challenges in earnings [6] - Some companies are managing challenges better than others, creating a stock picker's market with winners and losers [7] - Corporate America is generally managing through challenges well, but not uniformly [7] AI and Growth Expectations - The AI story remains intact, supporting valuations of tech names [9] - Relative long-term earnings growth rates of the top 10 companies track their relative PE almost perfectly [14] - Meta is up 11% [5] Economic Outlook and Fed Policy - The speaker felt the Federal Reserve Chair Powell was hawkish and did not indicate a September rate cut [16] - The market has recovered faster from the April 8th lows than in previous growth scares [17] - There is softening in services, as seen in super core measures [19] - There is an incomplete discussion in earnings calls about demand, making it difficult to assess the setup for the next quarter [20][21]