CPI Slightly Hot – Details on Way
The CPI came in slightly above expectations. Please check the blog this morning. We’ll have full analysis posted before 9:30am
5 Things to Know – Video Version – The Powell Just Hit the Panic Button Issue
Gary Brode of Deep Knowledge Investing and Robb Fahrion of Flying V Group discuss the 5 Things to Know in Investing This Week: The Powell Just Hit the Panic Button Issue This week, we’ll address the following topics: -Jerome Powell spoke to Congress, and seems to have changed his approach. Has he gone insane? -Lots … Read more
Weekly Points – March 1st, 2024 – 5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – The Everyone is Wrong and Should Admit it Issue
In December, we produced a version of the 5 Things titled “The Smart People Doing Smart Things Issue”. This time, we’re not so positive. This was a week of people being consistently wrong including Bitcoin bears who refuse to apply a consistent lens for their thesis when it’s not working, Fed doves who keep insisting … Read more
January PCE of 2.4% is Consistent with Expectations
This morning, we got the January Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) report. This is the preferred inflation gauge of the Federal Reserve. The PCE was up .3% vs last month and 2.4% vs last year. The Core PCE, which excludes food and energy, was up .4% vs last month and 2.8% vs last year. All of … Read more
Weekly Points – February 23rd, 2024 – 5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – The All Nvidia All the Time Issue
At the beginning of the week, we heard the hyperbolic prediction that the Nvidia ($NVDA) earnings report was the most important of all time. That’s ridiculous, and given the reaction of stock markets worldwide, may actually be true. The Fed disappoints investors again and despite Powell saying “higher for longer” for almost two years, somehow … Read more