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We’re a half hour into the trading day, and your pal Tim is bloodied but not beaten. A few moments before the opening bell, I was to myself (out loud), “It’s rape time“, which probably isn’t a heartening battle cry, but it’s all that I had. Every single position of mine was ready to get dunked into liquid metal. Thus far, of my eight positions, I’ve only closed one – – ITB – – shown here:
The CPI numbers just came out, and they tell you what you already know from all your grocery shopping, your gas-tank-filling, and your bills-paying. We have 0% inflation. Absolutely.
Look, this is simple: the members of the FOMC are human beings and, as such, as innately political. They want to be left ALONE, and if the current administration loses in five months, the Fed is going to very-much-not-be-left-alone. It’s already been made clear by the opposition that they want much greater oversight and control over the Fed.
(more…)As we await the most important CPI of all time……..
I know this isn’t actionable, but I think this is just so cool.
