US CPI Data released for October, November, December and January show the CPLIE script of usually a fake out drop ahead or on release followed by strong rally on relief that whatever the data is, it was not quite as bad as it could have been and thus triggers a FOMO rally fed by bears shorting during the preceding decline rushing to cover their shorts, and so are we in for a similar event Tuesday? or is this time going to be more like December, the only time when there was a deviation from the script as it was looking rather obvious by then and hence the market did the opposite, what is obvious right now? Probably a FOIMO rally, so on face value suggests to expect the opposite which is what I have been positioning towards these past weeks.

THE INFLATION MEGA-TREND

The primary driver for stock prices is Not Innovation, Disruption or even GDP growth (though it is part of the soup), No the Primary driver for stock prices is INFLATION! It's why Turkish stocks (before this weeks killer Quake) were racing ahead despite persistently high Turkish inflation rates of as much as 85% during 2022 as they experienced their own version of the Crack up BOOM!

INFLATION! That the politicians and their central bank minions have convinced the masses is good, inflation is necessary for the lifeblood of the economy instead Inflation ensures that Wage slaves will get poorer all whilst the rich get Richer, they don't have to do anything just have the governments and central banks keep printing money whilst they are invested in assets as they watch inflation do it's compounding magic!

This is the smoke and mirrors inflation graph that gets peddled out each month that the governments and central banks want people to focus on.

Is the inflation pain over!

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