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Deflation: What Can You Do About It?
Fund Gurus • Tue, May 14 • 20 Comments
A Long-Term Look At Inflation
Doug Short • Wed, Apr 17 • 2 Comments
Droopy Figures
The Inflation Trader • Tue, Apr 9 • 1 Comment
How Inflation Influences Investment Classes
David I. Templeton • Sun, Apr 7 • 2 Comments
4 Things That Drive The Disconnect Between Wall Street And Main Street
BubbleBustInvesting • Thu, Mar 28 • 3 Comments
Inflation Will Not Take Off Until This Happens
Larry Trefz • Wed, Mar 27 • 34 Comments
2013 -- Breakout Or Comeuppance?
Joseph L. Shaefer • Mon, Jan 28 • 13 Comments
Where's The Inflation?
Bob McTeer • Thu, Nov 22, 2012 • 20 Comments
Both Jim O'Neill And I Are Bullish On China; I'm Also Bullish On Longwei Petroleum
Jeffrey Friedland • Sun, Oct 28, 2012 • 25 Comments
Inflation Threat: Causes, Components And Cover
Stock Whiz • Tue, Aug 28, 2012 • 1 Comment
Further Thoughts (And Tweets) On CPI
The Inflation Trader • Thu, Aug 16, 2012 • 2 Comments
CPI Unchanged On Falling Energy Prices, Deflation Risk Begins To Edge Up
Ed Dolan • Wed, Jul 18, 2012 • 2 Comments
Bernanke Does His Best 'Debbie Downer' Imitation
Markos Kaminis • Tue, Jul 17, 2012 • 2 Comments
Is Inflation Returning?
Markos Kaminis • Tue, Jul 17, 2012 • 26 Comments
TIPS, Not The Inflation Hedge You Might Think
Elliott Orsillo, CFA • Wed, Jul 4, 2012 • 16 Comments
Beyond TIP: 5 Inflation-Protected ETFs Worth a Look
CommodityHQ • Fri, Jun 22, 2012
The Commodity Megatrend
Rockstone • Thu, May 10, 2012 • 19 Comments
Pending Iran Military Action And The Historical Effect Of Wars On The U.S. Dollar
Ron Hera • Mon, Apr 16, 2012 • 63 Comments
ProShares Rolls Out First Inflation Breakeven ETFs
Michael Johnston • Fri, Jan 13, 2012
New Duo Of PowerShares DB Inflation/Deflation ETNs: Better Than TIP?
Michael Johnston • Wed, Dec 7, 2011

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ETF Chart of the Day: IQ Real Return ETF
Tom Lydon • Wed, Jul 6, 2011
Easy Money (2-cont.): Fed Policy Understates Money Growth
John Tobey • Thu, Apr 21, 2011 • 1 Comment
WisdomTree Planning Global Real Return ETF
Eric Dutram • Thu, Feb 10, 2011
The Difference Between Overall CPI and Core CPI
Ivan Kitov • Sun, Dec 26, 2010 • 2 Comments
On Approaching Deflation
Ivan Kitov • Mon, Sep 13, 2010 • 7 Comments
Inflation Update
Doug Short • Thu, Mar 18, 2010 • 2 Comments

Deflation: What Can You Do About It?
Fund Gurus • Tue, May 14 • 20 Comments
A Long-Term Look At Inflation
Doug Short • Wed, Apr 17 • 2 Comments
Droopy Figures
The Inflation Trader • Tue, Apr 9 • 1 Comment
How Inflation Influences Investment Classes
David I. Templeton • Sun, Apr 7 • 2 Comments
4 Things That Drive The Disconnect Between Wall Street And Main Street
BubbleBustInvesting • Thu, Mar 28 • 3 Comments
Inflation Will Not Take Off Until This Happens
Larry Trefz • Wed, Mar 27 • 34 Comments
2013 -- Breakout Or Comeuppance?
Joseph L. Shaefer • Mon, Jan 28 • 13 Comments
Where's The Inflation?
Bob McTeer • Thu, Nov 22, 2012 • 20 Comments
Both Jim O'Neill And I Are Bullish On China; I'm Also Bullish On Longwei Petroleum
Jeffrey Friedland • Sun, Oct 28, 2012 • 25 Comments
Inflation Threat: Causes, Components And Cover
Stock Whiz • Tue, Aug 28, 2012 • 1 Comment
Further Thoughts (And Tweets) On CPI
The Inflation Trader • Thu, Aug 16, 2012 • 2 Comments
CPI Unchanged On Falling Energy Prices, Deflation Risk Begins To Edge Up
Ed Dolan • Wed, Jul 18, 2012 • 2 Comments
Bernanke Does His Best 'Debbie Downer' Imitation
Markos Kaminis • Tue, Jul 17, 2012 • 2 Comments
Is Inflation Returning?
Markos Kaminis • Tue, Jul 17, 2012 • 26 Comments
TIPS, Not The Inflation Hedge You Might Think
Elliott Orsillo, CFA • Wed, Jul 4, 2012 • 16 Comments
Beyond TIP: 5 Inflation-Protected ETFs Worth a Look
CommodityHQ • Fri, Jun 22, 2012
The Commodity Megatrend
Rockstone • Thu, May 10, 2012 • 19 Comments
Pending Iran Military Action And The Historical Effect Of Wars On The U.S. Dollar
Ron Hera • Mon, Apr 16, 2012 • 63 Comments
ProShares Rolls Out First Inflation Breakeven ETFs
Michael Johnston • Fri, Jan 13, 2012
New Duo Of PowerShares DB Inflation/Deflation ETNs: Better Than TIP?
Michael Johnston • Wed, Dec 7, 2011

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London Markets: U.K. stocks slightly down after volatile session

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London Markets: FTSE 100 trims gains as BP turns south

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London Markets: FTSE 100 weighed by Vodafone, ECB action

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London Markets: U.K. stocks fall; Lloyds slips on earnings

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London Markets: U.K. ends lower; oil stocks, banks lead decline

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London Markets: London weaker on Europe worries; Capita falls

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London Markets: Banks, AstraZeneca lift London’s FTSE

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London Markets: Imperial Tobacco, InterContinental boost FTSE

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London Markets: Oil, fashion shares give London small gain

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Europe Markets: Alcatel-Lucent, Nokia lead Europe higher

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London Markets: London’s FTSE ends down, as WPP, GKN drop

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London Markets: HSBC, retailers pull London market lower

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London Markets: RBS and Essar Energy weigh on U.K. stocks

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Europe Markets: Germany’s DAX leads Europe markets lower

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Your Money with Chuck Jaffe: Gold bugs about to get squashed

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London Markets: London stocks rise, led by miners

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London Markets: Ireland, China jitters drag London stocks south

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The IQ CPI Inflation Hedged ETF seeks investment results that correspond, before fees and expenses, to the price and yield performance of the IQ CPI Inflation Hedged Index. The Index seeks to provide a hedge against the U.S. inflation rate by providing a “real return” or a return above the rate of inflation, as represented by the Consumer Price Index, which is published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and is a measure of the average change in prices over time of goods and services purchased by households.
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Friday, May 15, 2009, 8:25 AM Labor Department's April Consumer Price Index (CPI) at 8:30. Economists expect an unchanged reading compared with -0.1% in March. Core CPI is seen up 0.1%, compared with a 0.2% rise last month. Comment!
Friday, February 20, 2009, 8:33 AM Consumer Prices (CPI) +0.3% in January vs. December, just above the consensus forecast of +0.2%. Core CPI of +0.2% vs. +0.1% consensus. Consumer prices were flat vs. a year ago, against a consensus of +0.1%. Takeaway: consumer prices were much closer to consensus forecasts than were yesterday's wholesale prices. Comment!
Friday, January 16, 2009, 8:33 AM Consumer Prices (CPI) fell 0.7% in December vs. November, less than the consensus forecast of -0.9%. Core CPI of 0% vs. +0.1% consensus. Prices rose 0.1% vs. a year ago, vs. consensus of -0.2%. Core prices were -0.7% M/M, vs. -0.9% consensus, and +1.8% Y/Y. Comment!

jdub2788
Nice CPI print. That's quality right there.
9/14/12
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O. Young Kwon
Canada Groth Risks Falling Behaind U.S. as Exports Cool With CPI: Economy. (Reuters) yk
7/21/12
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tunaman4u2
NO QE3 with the DIA at 13K, employment stable, CPI at 2%
7/18/12
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tunaman4u2: Not by the people, you know, actual American citizens. I guess they could go on disability or government assistance & they can print 4 that
7/18/12
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westcoastinvests: Tolerated by the Fed I meant
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neobliviscar
Everyone buying for CPI, Homebuilder, and Bernanke Tuesday? Seems so. Might cover some shorts on the next dip -50.
7/16/12
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Mercy Jimenez
Waiting+watching markdown parade go by; Thurs= great fun; Obamacare ruling; Bundestag vote on fiscal compact+ ESM; UK GDP, US GDP; Japan CPI
6/25/12
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Ocean Man
Chinese production and retail sales a bit under expected, as expected LOL. CPI ticked down too, so rate cut explained and justified.
6/9/12
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FortSumter: Were they low enough to drive futures lower for Monday? I know more info is coming tomorrow which could affect our trading next week.
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TruffelPig: I think inflation at 3% smells like room for more easing - markets should probably be positive about it.
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Erik Gholtoghian
CPI of 0.0% today and retail sales of only 0.1% and dying jobs is signalling we may already be at the front door of a technical recession.
5/15/12
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Asif Suria
Excluding food and energy, the CPI rose 0.2 percent, matching the March pace $$ http://bit.ly/Jt1duD
5/15/12
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Paulo Santos
It's always about the QE3. CPI a bit below, and all specs go "there will be QE3".
3/16/12
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Paulo Santos: The FED didn't change, but the specs speculated ...
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Mark Humphrey: Not only do they have to continually print $ to prolong the uneasy boom, but now they have to print to hold the line on rising bond yields.
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The Inflation Trader
Not sure how long it will take for SA to post my CPI analysis, so here it is until they do: http://bit.ly/zvoxND
2/17/12
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tunaman4u2
NO QE3 with the DIA at 13K, employment stable, CPI at 2%
7/18/12
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tunaman4u2: Not by the people, you know, actual American citizens. I guess they could go on disability or government assistance & they can print 4 that
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Ocean Man
Chinese production and retail sales a bit under expected, as expected LOL. CPI ticked down too, so rate cut explained and justified.
6/9/12
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FortSumter: Were they low enough to drive futures lower for Monday? I know more info is coming tomorrow which could affect our trading next week.
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TruffelPig: I think inflation at 3% smells like room for more easing - markets should probably be positive about it.
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Paulo Santos
It's always about the QE3. CPI a bit below, and all specs go "there will be QE3".
3/16/12
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Paulo Santos: The FED didn't change, but the specs speculated ...
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Mark Humphrey: Not only do they have to continually print $ to prolong the uneasy boom, but now they have to print to hold the line on rising bond yields.
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David White
Don't forget that the Chinese CPI at 4.5% was higher than expected (4.1%). This means less easing (less stimulus in China).
2/9/12
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USisCorrupt: But they were able to import 460 tonnes of Gold last year and no exports.
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Retirefund
The surprising strength of Canada's Pension Funds!-Article-->http://dld.bz/aEwHV CPI HDG ACK FUND GS JPM FMCC.OB FDD TGR CHINA PCY F AA GG
1/12/12
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LUMAHAIBLUE: CANADA IS IN A HUGE HOUSING BUBBLE, BANKS ARE SOLID FOR NOW.
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tunaman4u2
Even the crappy CPI is showing hot. Way to go Fed
12/16/11
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kenjotto: OMG...like that smiley emoticon?...ok, I give up...I'm too stupid to trade today...
12/16/11
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avickrey: tuna, 5 years ago it was a .20 cent word.
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lafano
Buying TIP on the dips as CPI is being reported next week. Anyone beleive that we have inflation under control?
12/9/11
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Demi9OD: Of course not, but we'll lie about it.
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David White
I am not sure there will be a good CPI # possible tomorrow. Oil is going up, so high is bad. EU troubled, so low is bad. What is good?
11/15/11
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cheme: On the contrary, Oil severely up means Mkt massively down.
11/15/11
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nihila: What is good? To crush your enemies, see then driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women and children!
11/20/11
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tunaman4u2
Ha ha ha ha! QE = inflation but CPI says deflation. Go ahead & do QE, watch it cost jobs, margins, sales, ha ha ha! Careful what u ask for!
11/16/11
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1980XLS: The only assets that will inflate are Food, Energy & Metals. The stuff nobody needs anyway
11/16/11
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tunaman4u2: 1980xls... I'll just eat dollar bills, those are pretty useless too
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tunaman4u2
Rumor of more Fed & ECB action. QE to utopia as $102 oil hits. Thanksgiving dinner up 13% yoy but CPI negative? No growth from QE just pain
11/16/11
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nasalpancho: Amazing they keep piping up with the QE rumors even at this level when they passed under much worse conditions in Sept -- hysterical
11/16/11
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tunaman4u2: CPI is a LIE
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Hoosier70
I wonder if the market is up because it believes Bernanke will hint about another round of quantitative easing. Can't see it -- core CPI hi.
10/18/11
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golfitobob: hoo no such hint. He just defended how Central banks bla bla bla QE 3 are dreamers !!!!!!!!!!
10/18/11
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Hoosier70: Take a look at job creation and unemployment numbers from each rd of QE. It is effective, but too much inflationary pressure now.
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Michael Bryant
CPI (CPY) has a 16.5% dividend and is virtually the only public photography company. It bought out its competition.
10/7/11
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1980XLS: http://yhoo.it/rkBWnm;range=2y;charttype=line;crosshair=on;ohlcvalues=0;logscale=on;source=undefined
10/7/11
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Billionairetobe: (CPY) seems to have some potential at the current price seems like a great buy.
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David White
China Sept. CPI at 6.1% -- as expected. Fitch downgrading banks Thursday though. GOOG earnings beat handily. Mixed picture.
10/13/11
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Stone Fox Capital: Food inflation is really hurting them. Does the govt really make monetary policy to encourage eating less food? Downgrades mean nothing now.
10/13/11
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golfitobob: 6.1 % is the headline. look at all other Infl #s and they will be slow to loosen now. All other #s higher.
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Demi9OD
Futures leg up hard on DE:CPI & FR:GDP
9/28/11
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Demi9OD: Excuse me, just FR:GDP reported thus far.
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conspiracy theory!
Fed scared of inflation! Twist = flattened yield curve = lower commodity prices = lower CPI = Fed has just lowered the inflation rate!!!!!!!
9/23/11
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inquisitivemind7: Really? So you think the fed will raise interest rates and we're going to double our taxes for everyone? The right actions involve pol will.
9/23/11
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inquisitivemind7: And even that will not be enough,we are already (sad to say) past the point of no return http://bit.ly/qexSHk don't subscribe
9/23/11
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