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Demystifying Value Investing: A Journey Through Cap-Weighted Portfolios, Inflation and AI's Impact With Rob Arnott

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The Fed's Backstop on Inflation

I've never seen a Fed Chair so far behind the curve. He declared inflation transitory in March of 2021. Eight months after that, inflation hit its peak of 9.1%. When inflation was at 9.1, what was the Fed's funds rate? It was 1.2%. The other problem with Fed policy is they claim to be data dependent,. But the data that they focus on is whatever's got their attention in any particular month.

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