By Nigam Arora & Dr. Natasha Arora To gain an edge, this is what you need to know today. Producer Price Index Please click here for a chart of S&P 500 ETF (SPY) which represents the benchmark stock market index S&P 500 (SPX). Note the following: One day after better than expected Consumer Price Index (CPI), Producer Price Index (PPI) is also softer than expected. Investors should ignore year over year numbers and instead focus on month over month numbers. To be successful, investors should not get caught up in their viewpoint.  More importantly, they should not justify their viewpoint by picking

By Nigam Arora & Dr. Natasha Arora To gain an edge, this is what you need to know today. Good News Please click here for a chart of S&P 500 ETF (SPY) which represents the benchmark stock market index S&P 500 (SPX). Note the following: There is good news on inflation.  Here are the details of the CPI data: July CPI came at 0.0% vs. 0.2% consensus month over month. Core CPI came at 0.3% vs. 0.5% consensus month over month. CPI rose 8.5% in July year over year. Investors should focus on month over month numbers and not on year over

By Nigam Arora & Dr. Natasha Arora To gain an edge, this is what you need to know today. Excellent Jobs Report Please click here for a chart of  S&P 500 ETF (SPY) which represents the benchmark stock market index S&P 500 (SPX). Note the following: The Jobs Report is excellent. It is shockingly better than the predictions of the momo gurus.  It is even better than the predictions of non-momo gurus.  Here are the details: Nonfarm Payrolls came at 528K vs. 258K consensus. Nonfarm Private Payrolls came at 471K vs. 200K consensus. The unemployment rate came at 3.5% vs. 3.6% consensus.