Posted 4/11/2024, 3:00:00 PM
Fundstrat's Lee: Buy the Dip as CPI Shows Disinflation Progress, June Rate Cut Still Possible
- Investors should buy the post-CPI stock market dip according to Fundstrat's Tom Lee, who sees continued disinflation progress
- Lee highlights a chart showing more CPI components trending back towards less than 3% inflation, signaling disinflation forces are strong
- The March CPI increase was mainly due to auto insurance prices, which lag behind auto price increases, rather than structural inflation
- Jeremy Siegel noted shelter and auto insurance CPI components are backward-looking and follow price increases with a 12-15 month lag
- Lee believes a June Fed rate cut is still possible if upcoming CPI reports continue showing disinflation, which would boost stocks