The last of the "hot" Jan prints is behind us. Payback for Jan equity gains explains markets potential to over-react to "hot" data and that period expected to end early March.

In normal times, one of the adages regarding economic data is "good news is bad news" -- meaning, stronger data means a tougher Fed. This is the regime that has been at play for much of the past 18 months.

Jan saw strong inflation and economic data. And the last of the "hot" January inflation data prints was this past Friday with PCE (personal consumption expenditures). Stocks took a gut punch Friday on the heels of the stronger Core PCE inflation +0.6% vs +0.4% expected. PCE is always th...

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