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CPI MarketCast |
| A Market-based Forecast of Forthcoming Change in CPI Inflation - 02/27/2026 |
| Forecast: An acceleration of 0.4 percentage points. |
S&P Marketcast |
| A Market-based Forecast of Forthcoming Stock-Market Performance 12 months forward from the end of February 2026 - 03/28/2026 |
| The prices of commodities are predictive factors in the macro-economy. In particular, gold and crude oil, are powerful inputs for anticipating the direction and magnitude of the inflation rate a year in advance. |
Equity-Market Outlook |
| Do Stock Returns have Leading Indicators in Financial and Capital Markets? - 03/31/2026 |
| Traditionally, the stock market follows a random walk and cannot have leading indicators. This is not accurate. Expressed in nominal dollars, US stock-market indexes contain an element of inflation, and that is not random. The price of oil correlates well with stock prices and leads them by a year. |
Economic and Investment Observations |
| Output Growth and the Real Price of Crude Oil - 02/28/2026 |
| The "real" price of oil can be defined as the nominal price deflated by the price of gold in distant forward markets. Its movments bear a strong correlation to real GDP growth, with a lead time of two months. |
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