Yay, there’s higher inflation! (Wait, What?)

Steve Sosnick, Interactive Brokers’ chief strategist, discusses the disconnect between rising inflation and the stock market rally.

Investors are still betting that increases in the consumer price index will prove transitory.

This post first appeared on June 10 on the Traders’ Insight blog.

Photo Credit: Steve Baker via Flickr Creative Commons

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