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What is the Consumer Price Index (CPI)?
Inflation is often tossed around by the news media as a scary word. It’s actually a natural part of economic growth. To measure it and qualify whether it’s good or bad, economists use a relative metric known as Consumer Price Index (CPI). CPI is a commonly used measurement of inflation that tracks price changes for a basket of consumer goods.
In a nutshell, CPI measures the cost of common goods and the average citizen’s ability to afford them. CPI compares the same basket of products year over year, to understand price trends and their impact on purchasing power. The index reflects …read more […]






Stocks That Are About To Blow Up
Advanced knowledge of stocks that are about to blow up is an investors dream. For anyone who hasn’t heard that phrase before, “blow up” means an increase in share price extremely fast. Some recent stocks that would fall under this criteria include Moderna Inc (NASDAQ: MRNA), BioNTech SE – ADR (NASDAQ: BNTX), AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc (NYSE: AMC), GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) and Cleveland-Cliffs Inc (NYSE: CLF). These are all stocks whose price (percent change) has increased greatly over the past 52 weeks.
But unfortunately those gains are in the past, and there is no guarantee of future success. As many …read more […]



