As shown is my Demo account which shows that if you are holding fundamentally good stocks and stay put or do nothing during the recent US market crash, you will be alright eventually after the meltdown!
$Microsoft(MSFT)$ Some Some of the criteria for selecting great stocks are wide economic moat and pricing power. Microsoft has been enjoying and maintaining these two factors over the decades, which help to drive its share price higher and higher.
its quite clear that CPI data should be on a declining path if one looks at housing market PMI and oil price. No need to read /depend on so much of the news reports which ca be confusing.
U.S. Consumer Prices Rose 7.1% in November, Less Than Expected