Why I Don’t Give a Damn About Today’s “Big Event”

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Janet Yellen delivers a long-awaited speech in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, today.

And for days the media has been hyping how terribly important it is…

Bloomberg breathlessly reported that “bond traders are desperate for direction” from Yellen.

Morningstar said U.S. stocks were in a “search for firm direction, marooned in wait for Yellen.”

And CNBC told us that “Jackson Hole and Fed’s Yellen are all anyone cares about.”

Apparently the fate of the entire world hangs on the utterances of a 70-year-old bureaucrat from Brooklyn.

We’ve All Seen This Show Before

Look, don’t let yourself be taken in by the media hype machine. Yellen’s words carry zero heft.

Her speech isn’t must-see TV. In fact, it’s the worst kind of disinformation…

She’ll offer platitudes about the economy strengthening.

She’ll offset that language with blather about some remaining economic uncertainty.

She’ll manage to hold back laughter as she says how the Fed’s decisions are based on the objective data it receives.

And she’ll finish by intimating that a rate hike will coming sometime in the future… depending on the data, of course!

The lapdog media will then begin parsing her every syllable, trying to determine the meaning of words like “some” and “future.”

Hundreds of cocksure Wall Street analysts will then predict when the next rate hike will come. And 99% of them will be dead wrong.

There will be some short-term market gyrations on what investors “think” they heard Yellen mumble.

And throughout the carefully crafted staging, the media will be “reporting” how critical it is that you pay close attention to the entire charade.

But in reality, it’s all just mental masturbation…

That entire show isn’t for the benefit of regular investors like you. It exists to benefit its actors – the journalists, pundits and Wall Street traders who profit from it.

Seriously, what’s in it for you? How do you benefit by playing along with the scam?

The bottom line is nothing that happens in the propaganda before, during or after Yellen’s speech can help you reliably and consistently make big money in the markets. Absolutely guaranteed nothing.

That’s why you shouldn’t devote a second of your time to acting as a “useful idiot” in support of her ­– to quote one of her heroes, Vladimir Lenin.

In fact, there’s only one thing you need to care about to see outsized gains in your portfolio.

It’s the single most important piece of investing wisdom in history. I talk about it in my most recent podcast, which I link to below.

Here’s what else you’ll learn in today’s podcast…

• The one factor that could push the markets in unexpected directions. It’s not what you think.
• The biggest risk to your retirement. This would almost guarantee you will run out of money during your golden years.
• If you believe in this “common wisdom,” you’re bat**** crazy
• When it comes to the stock market, don’t trust anything. There’s only one exception.
• And more!

Click here to listen to today’s podcast.

Please send me your comments to [email protected]. Give me your “uncensored” take on today’s podcast.

Regards,

Michael Covel
for, The Daily Reckoning

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