May CPI is 2.4%

Overview: Today, we got the May Consumer Price Index (CPI) report which showed an overall increase of 2.4% for the last year and up 0.1% for the month. The annual number is up 0.1% from April and in line with expectations. The monthly is down 0.1% and below expectations. The Core CPI which excludes food … Read more

April CPI is 2.3%

Overview: Today, we got the April Consumer Price Index (CPI) report which showed an overall increase of 2.3% for the last year and up 0.2% for the month. Those are both 0.1% below expectations. The 0.2% monthly increase reverses last month’s -0.1% deflation figure. The Core CPI which excludes food and energy was up 2.8% … Read more

March CPI is 2.4%

Overview:                   Today, we got the March Consumer Price Index (CPI) report which showed an overall increase of 2.4% for the last year and -0.1% for the month. That’s a big decrease from last month’s 2.8%, below expectations of 2.5%, and the monthly number represents deflation. Small deflation, but it’s in the right direction. The Core … Read more

February CPI is 2.8%

Overview:                   Today, we got the February Consumer Price Index (CPI) report which showed an overall increase of 2.8% for the last year and 0.2% for the month (annualizes to 2.4%). That’s below last month’s 3.0% and above the prior month’s 2.9%. Both the annual number and the monthly were 0.1% below expectations. The monthly was … Read more

Weekly Points – February 14th, 2025 – 5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – The I Was Wrong About DOGE Issue

Many Americans are horrified at how our government is spending money. Candidate Trump ran for President promising to go through the budget line by line. Most Americans expected to find waste, but the amount of theft and fraud is staggering. We also found out that the “independent” press is being funded by massive “foreign aid” … Read more

January CPI Rises to 3.0%

Overview:                   Today, we got the January Consumer Price Index (CPI) report which showed an overall increase of 3.0% for the last year and 0.5% for the month (annualizes to 6.2%). That’s above last month’s 2.9% and above the prior month’s 2.7%. The annual number was 0.1% above expectations. The monthly was a large 0.2% above … Read more

Weekly Points – January 17th, 2024 – 5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – The Treasury Yield and Bitcoin Issue

This week, Bitcoin dove and then came roaring back above the $100k mark. We think people who believe higher Treasury yields will crash Bitcoin are correct in the short-term, but are missing the big picture regarding the reason for higher yields. Confusing? Don’t worry:  We explain. DKI also believes quantum computing could be a cryptography … Read more

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