It’s astonishing how much you can chart here. Since the election was partly won on the notion that eggs were too expensive, I was curious……….do we have egg data? You bet your sweet chickens we do!
Eggactly
Slope of Hope Blog Posts
Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.
Deflated Numbers
Every month, the inflation numbers (PPI on one day, and CPI on the other day) come out. I’m not sure why they flip positions, since sometimes it is PPI/CPI then others CPI/PPI, but this week it was the former. We just got the PPI numbers, and they are both ice-cold versus expectations.
Full Week Ahead!
An honest-to-God five, yes five, days of trading (I’ll be traveling on Bear Force One starting midday Friday, but I’m looking to NO holidays!) The inflation data next week is key.
Everyday Inflation
The Latest Upthrust
Well, that’s annoying. The CPI numbers came in precisely, exactly, on-the-dot where they were assumed to, and in response equities have rocketed higher. (OK, let’s not all have heart attacks; we’re talking about gains of about 0.45% to 0.77%). Anyway, not a great start.
