##  [# Hot Reads: Jan. Retail Sales Surge 3.8%](/sections/daily-hot-reads/hot-reads-jan-retail-sales-surge-38) 

 

# Hot Reads: Jan. Retail Sales Surge 3.8%

 

 

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[**Retail Sales Surge 3.8% In January**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/u-retail-sales-beat-expectations-133747774.html) (Yahoo Finance)

The Commerce Department also revised December estimates down 2.5% instead of 1.9%.

[**Scaramucci’s SkyBridge Gets Dinged by Bitcoin**](https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/b1wsdc2l9nzh3v/Scaramucci-s-SkyBridge-Gets-Dinged-by-Bitcoin) (Institutional Investor)

The prospective bitcoin ETF issuer’s portfolio is 16% crypto.

[**Has Oil Gotten Ahead Of Itself?**](https://www.advisorperspectives.com/commentaries/2022/02/15/has-oil-gotten-ahead-of-itself) (Advisor Perspectives)

In anything but a more adverse outcome in the Russia-Ukraine situation, oil prices seem a bit ahead of the fundamentals and technicals.

[**Navigating Heightened Market Risks**](https://www.cnbc.com/video/2022/02/14/how-two-etf-pros-are-navigating-heightened-market-risks.html) (CNBC)

How recent inflow patterns reflect current market sentiment.

[**Tactical Asset Allocation**](https://blogs.cfainstitute.org/investor/2022/02/10/tactical-asset-allocation-the-flexibility-advantage/) (CFA Institute)

The end of the loose money era may offer an opportunity for tactical asset allocation.

[**Inflation Hedges Haven’t Hedged**](https://www.morningstar.com/articles/1079353/the-inflation-hedges-havent-hedged) (Morningstar)

They’ve disappointed because financial markets aren’t (yet) convinced inflation is here to stay, and because the insurance they provide was costly.



 

 

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