Forget the CPI, Inflation is Here. And the Markets Know It

By: Graham_Summers

The attempts to mask inflation are reaching truly ludicrous proportions.

Bloomberg reports that the “guts of the US CPI show key inflation weakest in years.”

What are the “guts?”

Housing rents… which the CPI claims are falling.

That’s interesting, because:

1)   Apartment rents rose in 89% of US cities in January.

2)   Rents as a percentage of income are at their highest levels ever.

3)   The supposed “drop” in rents actually consisted of rents rising 2.7% Year over Year. The fact that it was the slowest rise in years is somehow supposed to mean rents fell.

At some point, someone needs to point out the obvious: that the entire reason the Fed uses CPI as an inflation measure is to HIDE, not accurately portray inflation.

Here’s a chart of Rents for all Urban Markets in the US. If you believe that the trend is DOWN here I have a bridge to sell you.

The fact is that the Fed is desperately “massaging” the data to hide the reality that the inflation genie is out of the bottle.

The $USD has already figured this out, which is why it has been dropping like a brick, falling nearly 14% over the last 15 months.

Who are you going to believe? The $USD or Fed economic forecasts?

Unfortunately, this trend also spells DOOM for the Bond Bubble.

Why?

Bond yields trade based on inflation. So if inflation is rising, bond yields will do the same.

When bond yields rise, bond prices fall.

When bond price fall, the Bond Bubble begins to burst.

On that note, bond yields are spiking around to globe to accommodate higher inflation. Already we are seeing yields on US Treasuries, German Bunds, and even Japanese Government Bonds spike higher to test if not BREAK their long-term downward trendlines.

This is a truly global problem for global Central Banks which are all WAY behind the curve. And this is going to present investors with one of the great money-making opportunities of 2018 if they’re positioned correctly.

On that note, we are putting together an Executive Summary outlining all of these issues as well as what’s coming down the pike when the Everything Bubble bursts.

It will be available exclusively to our clients. If you’d like to have a copy delivered to your inbox when it’s completed, you can join the wait-list here:

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Graham Summers

Phoenix Capital Research

http://www.phoenixcapitalmarketing.com

Graham also writes Private Wealth Advisory, a monthly investment advisory focusing on the most lucrative investment opportunities the financial markets have to offer. Graham understands the big picture from both a macro-economic and capital in/outflow perspective. He translates his understanding into finding trends and unde74rvalued investment opportunities months before the markets catch on: the Private Wealth Advisory portfolio has outperformed the S&P 500 three of the last five years, including a 7% return in 2008 vs. a 37% loss for the S&P 500.

Previously, Graham worked as a Senior Financial Analyst covering global markets for several investment firms in the Mid-Atlantic region. He’s lived and performed research in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and the United States.

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