Early Update – Ugly Start, But Mega-Caps Are Providing A Measure Of Support

10:59 a.m. ET After PPI came in hotter than expected and Retail Sales not only missed, but January’s atrocious miss printing negative, was revised. I’m sure you can guess the direction… even lower. As just mentioned, it’s looking like the Bank of Japan is ready to hike rates and exit negative interest rate policy, which…