How You Keep Getting Suckered to Tune In

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The S&P 500 has officially entered a bull market of its own. Everyone who has shorted equities – and continues to do so – has been made to look the fool. Even consumers, despite elevated levels of inflation, continue to open their wallets and buy – first quarter retail sales [grew 3.6%]( year-over-year. [Concert]( and plane tickets are selling at nosebleed prices as The Summer of Revenge, Part II heats up. But maybe this time the bad news will be right. In less than 24 hours, a major data release is on deck. And the mainstream media will make it a circus. But I’m going to show you why all the hoopla is pure theater and no substance… 9 Out of 10 I’ve been tracking the market reaction to the monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) releases for investors for the past 17 months. And our 18th report is tomorrow morning, before the opening bell. That’s a year and a half closely following the Fed’s favored inflation gauge. And what I’ve learned during that time is I often feel like I’m the only sane person covering this event… As I’ll soon show you. But right now, the U.S. central bank is fighting to bring inflation all the way down from its peak of 9.1% in June 2022 to a mere 2%. It’s a slow, grinding process. In April, inflation was up 4.9% year-over-year. It’s declined nearly half from that 9.1% peak in June 2022, but the Fed is looking for it to be more than cut in half again from here. Today and tomorrow morning, the airwaves are going to be choked – not with smoke from the wildfires in Canada, but by economists, financial experts, and talking heads fawning over what May’s CPI reading will show. And they’ll breathlessly wonder how the market will react. But here’s the key fact none of them ever point out… The Invesco QQQ ETF (QQQ) has risen on the monthly CPI report for nine of the last 10 months! And we had eight consecutive months of moves higher… One right after the other from August 2022 to March 2023. In terms of friendly trends, that’s about as friendly as you can get! That’s a handshake, a hug, a “How you doing pal? Can I get you a grilled cheese sandwich or help you move?” But I want you to let that fact sink in for a moment… Every month, as we approach the CPI release, the financial news media and experts debate how the markets are going to respond to the data. They hem and haw over what it might mean… They bite their fingers over whether stocks will move higher or lower. And it’s going to happen again. It already is! Yet, any fool with the ability to look up historical prices – such as myself – can clearly see that there is very little to debate. Tech stocks have cheered the CPI report each month. And the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: SPY) offers a nearly identical trend… It makes you wonder why everyone gets so worked up over this report each month, doesn’t it? From the market’s perspective there’s only one direction to expect. But all those experts and financial talking heads need more fabricated drama to keep you glued to your television sets. They need another reason to splash another countdown clock on the screen. They do the same with Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meetings each month as well… which I’ll cover Wednesday. But here’s why investors have cheered CPI… 4.9 is Still > 2 Though < 9 Only one thing matters with CPI: progress. Since peaking in June, headline and core inflation have steadily declined... As long as inflation continues its downward march, that’s all you – or the markets – need to care about. That’s all Jerome Powell and his cadre of officials are focused on. This is a busy week for data releases. Tuesday’s CPI reading will be crowned the most important one to watch… Until Wednesday, when we get Producer Price Index before the market opens and JPow’s monthly rate decision press conference in the afternoon. Experts across the spectrum of networks will work themselves into a froth over how the markets are going digest CPI. Our eyes will be assaulted by countdown clocks, forecasts, and instant analysis. Anything and everything to keep your eyes glued… to keep you clicking… to keep you paying attention, though quite often they’re not telling you anything useful. But I give you this gift today: Don’t be concerned or distracted by CPI. Don’t be suckered into doing something reckless with your money out of hype or fear over the hyperbolic analysis you’ll here. The fact is: the trend is your friend. And the market’s response to CPI has been one of the friendliest around. Your tactical trends hunter, Matthew   You are receiving this e-mail at {EMAIL}, as part of your subscription to Inside Money Morning. To remove your email from this list, [unsubscribe here](. Please do not reply to this email as this address is not monitored. 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